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Security Bulletin: Denial of service vulnerability affects IBM Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (CVE-2017-5703)

Created by Barb Foss on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/717357
717357

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM System x, Flex and BladeCenter systems have addressed the following denial of service vulnerability in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-5703
DESCRIPTION: Multiple Intel platforms are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the configuration of SPI Flash controllers inside multiple intel chipsets. A local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to block BIOS/UEFI updates and alter the behavior of the SPI Flash resulting in a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 7.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141349 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Product

Affected Version

BladeCenter HS23 7875/1929

tke1

BladeCenter HS23E 8038/8039

ahe1

Flex System x220 2585/7906

kse1

Flex System x222 7916

cce1

Flex System x240 7863/8737/8738/8956

b2e1

Flex System x440 7917

cne1

System x iDataPlex dx360 M4 7912/7913

tde1

System x NeXtScale nx360 M4 5455

fhe1

System x3100 M4 2582
System x3250 M4 2583

jqe1

System x3300 M4 7382

yae1

System x3500 M4 7383

y5e1

System x3550 M4 7914

d7e1

System x3630 M4 7158
System x3530 M4 7160

bee1

System x3650 M4 7915
System x3650 M4 HD 5460

vve1

System x3650 M4 BD 5466

yoe1

System x3750 M4 8718/8722/8733/8752

koe1

 

 

 

Remediation/Fixes

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central:  http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

 

Product

Fix Version

BladeCenter HS23 7875/1929
(ibm_fw_uefi_tke160c-2.40_anyos_32-64)

tke160c-2.40

BladeCenter HS23E 8038/8039
(ibm_fw_uefi_ahe160c-2.80_anyos_32-64)

ahe160c-2.80

Flex System x220 2585/7906
(ibm_fw_uefi_kse158c-2.20_anyos_32-64)

kse158c-2.20

Flex System x222 7916
(ibm_fw_uefi_cce160c-2.00_anyos_32-64)

cce160c-2.00

Flex System x240 7863/8737/8738/8956
(ibm_fw_uefi_b2e162c-2.20_anyos_32-64)

b2e162c-2.20

Flex System x440 7917
(ibm_fw_uefi_cne162d-2.10_anyos_32-64)

cne162d-2.10

System x iDataPlex dx360 M4 7912/7913
(ibm_fw_uefi_tde156c-2.10_anyos_32-64)

tde156c-2.10

System x NeXtScale nx360 M4 5455
(ibm_fw_uefi_fhe120d-1.90_anyos_32-64)

fhe120d-1.90

System x3100 M4 2582
System x3250 M4 2583
(ibm_fw_uefi_jqe184c-1.90_anyos_32-64)

jqe184cs-1.90

System x3300 M4 7382
(ibm_fw_uefi_yae156c-2.10_anyos_32-64)
 

yae156C - 2.10

System x3500 M4 7383
(ibm_fw_uefi_y5e158c-2.60_anyos_32-64)

y5e158c-2.60

System x3550 M4 7914
(ibm_fw_uefi_d7e164c-2.70_anyos_32-64)

d7e164c-2.70

System x3630 M4 7158
System x3530 M4 7160
(ibm_fw_uefi_bee164c-3.00_anyos_32-64)

bee164c-3.00

System x3650 M4 7915
System x3650 M4 HD 5460
(ibm_fw_uefi_vve160c-2.70_anyos_32-64)

vve160c-2.70

System x3650 M4 BD 5466
(ibm_fw_uefi_yoe126c-2.20_anyos_32-64)

yoe126c-2.20

System x3750 M4 8718/8722/8733/8752
(ibm_fw_uefi_koe160c-2.20_anyos_32-64)

koe160c-2.20

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

Lenovo Product Security Advisories

Change History

19 July 2018: 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

PRID 117124

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Document Information

Modified date:
19 July 2018

UID

ibm10717357

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