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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Kernel affects Power Hardware Management Console (CVE-2018-5391)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/794447
794447

Security Bulletin


Summary

Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of the reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets by the IP implementation. By sending specially crafted IP fragments with random offsets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust all available CPU resources and cause a denial of service.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-5391
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of the reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets by the IP implementation. By sending specially crafted IP fragments with random offsets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust all available CPU resources and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148388 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 V8.7.0.0
Power HMC V9.1.910.0

Remediation/Fixes

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
V8.8.7. 2 PTF3 ppc
MB04193
Power HMC
V8.8.7. 2 PTF3 x86
MB04192
Power HMC
V9.1.920. 0  PTF3 ppc
MB04195
Power HMC
V9.1.920. 0  PTF3 x86
MB04194

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: 3 March 2019

*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

ibm10794447

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