Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in NTP affect IBM Security Network Protection (CVE-2015-5300, CVE-2015-7704, and CVE-2015-8138)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in NTP used with IBM Security Network Protection.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-5300
DESCRIPTION: Network Time Protocol (NTP) could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to correctly implement the threshold limitation for the '-g' option. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to intercept NTP traffic and make multiple steps larger than the panic threshold.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107594 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-7704
DESCRIPTION: Network Time Protocol (NTP) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the rate-limiting mechanism. By sending spoofed Kiss-o'-Death packets, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to disable NTP at a victim client.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107446 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2015-8138
DESCRIPTION: NTP could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions. By sending a specially crafted packet with an origin timestamp of zero, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the timestamp validation check.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110025 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.1
IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.2

Remediation/Fixes

Product	VRMF	Remediation/First Fix
IBM Security Network Protection	Firmware version 5.3.1	Download Firmware 5.3.1.8 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.
IBM Security Network Protection	Firmware version 5.3.2	Download Firmware 5.3.2.2 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

11 March 2016: 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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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in NTP affect IBM Security Network Protection (CVE-2015-5300, CVE-2015-7704, and CVE-2015-8138)