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Security Bulletin: Pam vulnerability affects IBM SmartCloud Entry (CVE-2015-3238)

Created by Chun Hua Wang on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/682147
682147

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM SmartCloud Entry is vulnerable to a pam vulnerability, which allows a local attacker exploit this vulnerability to enumerate user names and cause the system to hang.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-3238
DESCRIPTION: Linux-PAM could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the _unix_run_helper_binary function in the pam_unix module. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an overly large password to enumerate usernames and cause the system to hang.
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106368 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SmartCloud Entry 2.2.0 through 2.2.0.4 Appliance fix pack 3
IBM SmartCloud Entry 2.3.0 through 2.3.0.4 Appliance fix pack 3
IBM SmartCloud Entry 2.4.0 through 2.4.0.4 Appliance fix pack 3
IBM SmartCloud Entry 3.1.0 through 3.1.0.4 Appliance fix pack 17
IBM SmartCloud Entry 3.2.0 through 3.2.0.4 Appliance fix pack 17

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM SmartCloud Entry2.2NoneIBM SmartCloud Entry 2.2.0 Appliance fix pack 4:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Other%2Bsoftware&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+Starter+Kit+for+Cloud&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=2.2.0.4-IBM-SKC_APPL-FP004&includeSupersedes=0
IBM SmartCloud Entry2.3NoneIBM SmartCloud Entry 2.3.0 Appliance fix pack 4:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Other%2Bsoftware&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+SmartCloud+Entry&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=+2.3.0.4-IBM-SCE_APPL-FP004+&includeSupersedes=0
IBM SmartCloud Entry2.4NoneIBM SmartCloud Entry 2.4.0 Appliance fix pack 4:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Other%2Bsoftware&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+SmartCloud+Entry&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=+2.4.0.4-IBM-SCE_APPL-FP004+&includeSupersedes=0
IBM SmartCloud Entry3.1NoneIBM SmartCloud Entry 3.1.0 Appliance fix pack 18:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Other%2Bsoftware&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+SmartCloud+Entry&release=3.1.0&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=+3.1.0.4-IBM-SCE_APPL-FP18+&includeSupersedes=0
IBM SmartCloud Entry3.2NoneIBM SmartCloud Entry 3.2.0 Appliance fix pack 18:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Other%2Bsoftware&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+SmartCloud+Entry&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=+3.2.0.4-IBM-SCE_APPL-FP18+&includeSupersedes=0

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

January 29, 2016: 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
18 July 2020

UID

isg3T1023320

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