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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in strongswan affect Power Hardware Management Console (CVE-2015-4171)

Created by Rejy V Sasidaran on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/666611
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Security Bulletin


Summary

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

Vulnerability Details


CVEID: CVE-2015-4171
DESCRIPTION: strongSwan could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in IKEv2 connections related to server authentication with a certificate and EAP or pre-shared keys. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain user credentials and other sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/103885 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions


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
Power HMC V8.4.0.0

Remediation/Fixes


The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central

Product
VRMF
APAR
Remediation/Fix
Power HMC
V7.780.0 SP2
MB03965
Power HMC
V7.790.0 SP2
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
Power HMC
V8.8.4.0
MH01559

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

nas8N1021007

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