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Security Bulletin: IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) is affected by a vulnerability with the IPv6 networking support (CVE-2015-2922)

Security Bulletin


Summary

The following vulnerability in IPv6 has been addressed by IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2015-2922
DESCRIPTION:   Linux Kernel, built with the IPv6 networking support(CONFIG_IPV6), is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of Router Advertisements. A remote attacker from within the local network could exploit this vulnerability to set the hop_limit too low and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102058 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x and Flex1AOO
IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for BladeCenter1AOO

Remediation/Fixes

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Affected Product(s)Version(s)

IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x and Flex

(ibm_fw_imm2_1aoo90b-7.40_anyos_noarch)

1AOO90B-7.40

IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for BladeCenter

(ibm_fw_imm2_1aoo90b-7.40-bc_anyos_noarch)

1AOO90B-7.40-bc

 

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

02 Mar 2020: 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:
03 March 2020

UID

ibm15691254