Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in dbus affect the IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) (CVE-2014-3638, CVE-2014-3639, CVE-2014-3477)

Vulnerability Details

Abstract

Vulnerabilities in dbus affect the IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) (CVE-2014-3638, CVE-2014-3639, CVE-2014-3477)

Content

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3477

Description: D-Bus is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the dbus-daemon. By sending an activation message, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a memory leak and a denial of service.

CVSS Base Score: 2.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/93760 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3638

Description: D-Bus is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error related to method call replies. By sending the maximum number of parallel method calls, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

CVSS Base Score: 2.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/96009 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3639

Description: D-Bus is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error related to incomplete connections. By making repeated connection attempts, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

CVSS Base Score: 2.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/96010 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected products and versions

• Flex System Manager 1.1.x.x
• Flex System Manager 1.2.0.x
• Flex System Manager 1.2.1.x
• Flex System Manager 1.3.0.x
• Flex System Manager 1.3.1.x
• Flex System Manager 1.3.2.x

Remediation/Fixes:

IBM recommends that you remediate these vulnerabilities through the following code upgrades:

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None

Reference:

• Complete CVSS Guide
• On-line Calculator V2

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

Acknowledgement

None

Change History
11 February 2015: 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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