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Security Bulletin: Tivoli Storage Productivity Center is affected by the following Net-SNMP vulnerabilities: CVE-2014-2284, CVE-2014-2285

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Summary

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Net-SNMP.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2284

DESCRIPTION: Net-SNMP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error related to ICMP-MIB table objects. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91635 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV/N:AC/L:Au/N:C/N:I/N:A/P)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2285

DESCRIPTION: Net-SNMP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of a trap request with an empty community string. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the program to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91634 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV/N:AC/L:Au/N:C/N:I/N:A/P)

Affected Products and Versions

  • Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 4.1.x
  • Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 4.2.0.x
  • Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 4.2.1.x
  • Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 4.2.2.0 through 4.2.2 FP5 (4.2.2.177)

The versions listed above apply to all licensed offerings of Tivoli Storage Productivity Center.

System Storage Productivity Center is affected if it has one of the Tivoli Storage Productivity Center versions listed above.

The following are not affected and do not require an update:
  • Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication 4.x

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the fix pack for each named product as soon as practicable.

For 4.1.0 through 4.2.2 FP:

  • Apply fix pack 4.2.2 FP6 (4.2.2.178) or later (APAR IT03258)

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Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

31 July 2014: Original Copy 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:
19 August 2022

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