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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in bind (CVE-2021-25214) affects Power HMC

Security Bulletin


Summary

BIND is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVE

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-25214
DESCRIPTION:   ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a broken inbound incremental zone update (IXFR). By sending a specially crafted IXFR, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger a failed assertion check and terminate the named process.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/200961 for the current score.
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

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
HMC V10.1.1010.0V10.1.1010.0 and later
HMC V9.2.950.0V9.2.950.0 and later

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
V9.2.952.0 ppc
MB04331
Power HMC
V9.2.952.0 x86
MB04330
Power HMC
V10.1.1010.0 ppc
MB04335
Power HMC
V10.1.1010.0 x86
MB04334
 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

31 May 2022: Initial Publication

*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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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
31 May 2022

UID

ibm16590919

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