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Security Bulletin: IBM Flex System Manager is affected by a vulnerability from FSM’s use of strongswan: (CVE-2015-4171)

Created by Vern Yetzer on

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a security vulnerability in strongswan that is used by IBM Flex System Manager (FSM).

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

Flex System Manager 1.1.x.x
Flex System Manager 1.2.0.x
Flex System Manager 1.2.1.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.0.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.1.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.2.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.3.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.4.x

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation
Flex System Manager1.3.4.xIT11634fsmfix1.3.4.0_IT11633_IT11634_IT11652
Flex System Manager 1.3.3.xIT11634fsmfix1.3.3.0_IT11633_IT11634_IT11652
Flex System Manager1.3.2.xIT11634fsmfix1.3.2.0_IT11633_IT11634_IT11652
Flex System Manager1.3.1.xIT11634IBM is no longer providing code updates for this release, upgrade to FSM 1.3.4.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager1.3.0.xIT11634IBM is no longer providing code updates for this release, upgrade to FSM 1.3.4.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager1.2.1.xIT11634Effective September 30, 2015 IBM has discontinued service for these version/release/modification/fix levels.
Flex System Manager1.2.0.xIT11634Effective September 30, 2015 IBM has discontinued service for these version/release/modification/fix levels.
Flex System Manager1.1.x.xIT11634Effective April 30, 2015 IBM has discontinued service for these version/release/modification/fix levels.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

02 November, 2015 Original version published

*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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Internal Use Only

Advisory 3831, PSIRT 62364

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

isg3T1022817

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