SB2025061718 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM PowerVM Novalink



SB2025061718 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM PowerVM Novalink

Published: June 17, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025061718
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
  • Low
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  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-25193)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application attempts to load a file that does not exist. A local user can create a large file on the system and crash the application.

Note, the vulnerability affects Windows installations only.


2) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-47535)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an unsafe reading of an environment file on Windows. A local user can create an overly large file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.