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Security Bulletin: Flex System Manager (FSM) Denial of Service (CVE-2011-3188)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/863666
863666

Security Bulletin


Summary

Denial of service due to weaknesses in the linux kernel.

Vulnerability Details

Abstract

Denial of service due to weaknesses in the linux kernel.

Content

Vulnerability Details:

CVE ID: CVE-2011-3188
Description:
The FSM embedded linux kernel is susceptible to denial of service attacks related to TCP sequence number generation.

CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/69392 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)


Affected products and versions

  • IBM Flex System Manager Node, Types 7955, 8731, 8734 all models, 1.1.0 – 1.3

 

Remediation:

Install FSMApplianceUpdate-1-3-1 update package for Flex System Manager Node. The package is available on IBM Fix Central.

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None

 

References:

 

Related Information:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement
None

Change History
06 December 2013 : Original Copy 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 Flash.

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References

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

*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.

Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

PureFlex System and Flex System:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 January 2019

UID

ibm1MIGR-5094216

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