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Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability with ntpd affects IBM Flex System Manager (CVE-2015-1799)

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Summary

A security vulnerability has been identified in ntpd that is used by IBM Flex System Manager (FSM). This bulletin addresses this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-1799
DESCRIPTION:
Network Time Protocol (NTP) Project NTP daemon (ntpd) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when using symmetric key authentication. By sending specially-crafted packets to both peering hosts, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to prevent synchronization.
CVSS Base Score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/102052 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

Flex System Manager 1.1.x.x

Flex System Manager 1.2.0.x

Flex System Manager 1.2.1.x

Flex System Manager 1.3.0.x

Flex System Manager 1.3.1.x

Flex System Manager 1.3.2.x

Flex System Manager 1.3.3.x

Flex System Manager 1.3.4.x

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation
Flex System Manager1.3.4.xIT11652fsmfix1.3.4.0_IT11633_IT11634_IT11652
Flex System Manager1.3.3.xIT11652fsmfix1.3.3.0_IT11633_IT11634_IT11652
Flex System Manager1.3.2.xIT11652fsmfix1.3.2.0_IT11633_IT11634_IT11652
Flex System Manager1.3.1.xIT11652IBM is no longer providing code updates for this release. Update to FSM 1.3.4.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager1.3.0.xIT11652IBM is no longer providing code updates for this release. Update to FSM 1.3.4.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager1.2.1.xIT11652Effective September 30, 2015 IBM has discontinued service for these version/release/modification/fix levels.
Flex System Manager1.2.0.xIT11652Effective September 30, 2015 IBM has discontinued service for these version/release/modification/fix levels.
Flex System Manager1.1.x.xIT11652Effective April 30, 2015 IBM has discontinued service for these version/release/modification/fix levels.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

02 November 2015 : 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

isg3T1022831