Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in BIND affects Power Hardware Management Console (CVE-2016-8864)

Security Bulletin

Summary

BIND is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). BIND is affected by a vulnerability that can allow for a denial of service attack. HMC has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-8864
DESCRIPTION: ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of responses containing a DNAME answer in db.c or resolver.c. By sending a recursive response, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an assertion failure.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118526 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Power HMC V8.8.3.0
Power HMC V8.8.4.0
Power HMC V8.8.5.0
Power HMC V8.8.6.0

Remediation/Fixes

The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Product	VRMF	APAR	Remediation/Fix
Power HMC	V8.8.3.0 SP3	MB04063	MH01679
Power HMC	V8.8.4.0 SP2	MB04064	MH01680
Power HMC	V8.8.5.0 SP1	MB04065	MH01681
Power HMC	V8.8.6.0	MB04060	MH01674

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References

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Change History

31 January 2017: Original version published.
1st February 2017: Updated summary and corrected product version

*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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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in BIND affects Power Hardware Management Console (CVE-2016-8864)