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Security Bulletin: OpenSSH vulnerability affects IBM Spectrum Protect Plus (CVE-2017-15906)

Security Bulletin


Summary

OpenSSH is vulnerable to a denial of service vulnerability which affects IBM Spectrum Protect Plus.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-15906
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSH is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the process_open() function when in read-only mode. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create zero-length files and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/133128 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 and 10.1.1.

 

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Release

First Fixing
VRM Level
Platform Link to Fix / Fix Availability Target
10.1 10.1.2 Linux

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24044949

   

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Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

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References

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Change History

24 September 2018 - original version published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Internal Use Only

Advisory 10341 Product Record 113780

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Document Information

Modified date:
24 September 2018

UID

ibm10729114