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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in DHCP affect Power Hardware Management Console (‪CVE-2015-8605 and CVE-2016-2774‬‬)

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Summary

DHCP is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-8605
DESCRIPTION: ISC DHCP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to properly check the UDP payload length. By sending a specially crafted packet with an invalid IPv4 UDP length field, a remote attacker from within the local network could exploit this vulnerability to cause the DHCP server, client, or relay program to terminate.

CVSS Base Score: 6.5

CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109586 for the current score

CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined

CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2016-2774
DESCRIPTION: ISC DHCP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to limit the number of open TCP connections to the ports for inter-process communications and control. By opening a large number of TCP connections, a remote attacker from within the local network could exploit this vulnerability to become unresponsive or consume all available sockets.

CVSS Base Score: 5.3

CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111319 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined

CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Version

CVE list
Power HMC V7.7.9.0
CVE-2015-8605 and CVE-2016-2774
Power HMC V8.8.6.0
CVE-2016-2774

Remediation/Fixes

The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Product
VRMF
APAR
Remediation/Fix
Power HMC
V7.7.9.0 SP3
MB04044
Power HMC
V8.8.6.0
MB04060

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

6 December 2016 : Original version published
6 February 2017: Updated to include HMC V8.8.6.0

*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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
22 September 2021

UID

nas8N1021703