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Security Bulletin: NTP vulnerability in Network Intrusion Prevention System (CVE-2013-5211)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/522825
522825

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:

ProductVRMFRemediation/First Fix
IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System4.6.1.04.6.1.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-Hotfix-FP0011
IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System4.6.0.04.6.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-Hotfix-FP0015
IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System4.5.0.04.5.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-Hotfix-FP0014
IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System4.4.0.04.4.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0008
IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System4.3.0.04.3.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0006

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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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.

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:
23 February 2022

UID

swg21693459