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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in NTP affect Power Hardware Management Console (CVE-2017-6464, CVE-2017-6463)

Created by Vardhaman Nara… on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/717887
717887

Security Bulletin


Summary

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

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-6464
DESCRIPTION: NTP is vulnerable to a denial of service. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a malformed mode configuration directive to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 4.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123610 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

 

CVEID: CVE-2017-6463
DESCRIPTION: NTP is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending an invalid setting, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the :config directive to cause the daemon to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 4.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123612 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Power HMC V8.6.0.0
Power HMC V8.7.0.0
Power HMC V9.1.910.0
 

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
V8.8.6.0 SP3
MB04172
Power HMC
V8.8.7.0 SP2 ppc
MB04174
Power HMC
V8.8.7.0 SP2 x86
MB04173
Power HMC
V9.1.920.0 ppc
 MB04176 MH01760
Power HMC V9.1.920.0 x86 MB04175 MH01759

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

Initial Version: 19 July 2018

*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

ibm10717887

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