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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in net-snmp affect Power Hardware Management Console (CVE-2014-3565)

Created by Rejy V Sasidaran on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/666501
666501

Security Bulletin


Summary

net-snmp is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details


CVEID: CVE-2014-3565
DESCRIPTION: Net-SNMP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of SNMP traps when started with the "-OQ" option. By sending an SNMP trap message containing a variable with a NULL type, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause snmptrapd to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95638 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


Power HMC V7.3.0.0
Power HMC V7.8.0.0
Power HMC V7.9.0.0
Power HMC V8.1.0.0
Power HMC V8.2.0.0
Power HMC V8.3.0.0

Remediation/Fixes


The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central

Product
VRMF
APAR
Remediation/Fix
Power HMC
V7.730.0 SP1
MB03964
Power HMC
V7.780.0 SP1
MB03965
Power HMC
V7.790.0 SP1
MB03966
Power HMC
V8.8.1.0 SP2
MB03967
Power HMC
V8.8.2.0 SP2
MB03968
Power HMC
V8.8.3.0 SP1
MB03969

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

*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:
22 September 2021

UID

nas8N1020946

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