Security Bulletin
Summary
Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the NTP component of IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2013-5211
DESCRIPTION:
NTP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the monlist feature in ntp_request.c. By sending a sending specially-crafted REQ_MON_GETLIST or REQ_MON_GETLIST_1 request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume available CPU resources and cause the server to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90143/ 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
Products: GX3002, GX4002, GX4004, GX4004-v2, GX5008, GX5008-v2, GX5108, GX5108-v2, GX5208, GX5208-v2, GX6116, GX7412, GX7412-10, GX7412-05, GX7800, GV200, GV1000
Firmware versions: 4.6.1, 4.6, 4.5, 4.4, and 4.3
Remediation/Fixes
The following IBM Threat Fixpacks have the fixes for these vulnerabilities. You could download them from the following links:
| Product | VRMF | Remediation/First Fix |
| IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System | 4.6.1.0 | 4.6.1.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-Hotfix-FP0011 |
| IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System | 4.6.0.0 | 4.6.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-Hotfix-FP0015 |
| IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System | 4.5.0.0 | 4.5.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-Hotfix-FP0014 |
| IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System | 4.4.0.0 | 4.4.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0008 |
| IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System | 4.3.0.0 | 4.3.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0006 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
23 March 2015 - Remediation/Fixes link updaded for IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System 4.6.0.0
*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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
23 February 2022
UID
swg21693459