Security Bulletin
Summary
A security vulnerability has been discovered in the IBM FSM.
Vulnerability Details
Abstract
A security vulnerability has been discovered in the IBM FSM.
Content
Vulnerability Details:
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6147
Description: An authenticated user could obtain sensitive data from the FSM and use this data to escalate their privileges or impersonate different user.
CVSS Base Score: 1.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/96917
for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
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:
See Workarounds section.
Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):
IBM recommends that you protect against this vulnerability by (1) installing the following code updates and (2) using the work around listed below concerning entering particular commands.
| Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flex System Manager | 1.3.2.x | IT05310 | fsmfix1.3.2.0_IT05293_05295_05310_05318 |
| Flex System Manager | 1.3.1.x | IT05310 | fsmfix1.3.1.0_IT05293_05295_05310_05318 |
| Flex System Manager | 1.3.0.x | IT05310 | fsmfix1.3.0.0_IT05293_05295_05310_05318 |
| Flex System Manager | 1.2.1.x | IT05310 | IBM is no longer providing code updates for this release, upgrade to FSM 1.3.2.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities. |
| Flex System Manager | 1.2.0.x | IT05310 | IBM is no longer providing code updates for this release, upgrade to FSM 1.3.2.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities. |
| Flex System Manager | 1.1.x.x | IT05310 | IBM is no longer providing code updates for this release, upgrade to FSM 1.3.2.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities. |
Whenever using the mkcert, updcert, chrmpasswd or chtoolkitpasswd commands enter a blank character on the command line before entering the command.
For example, rather than entering:
"chrmpasswd -t <toolkitpassword> -u <user> -o <oldpassword> -n <newpassword>"
enter
" chrmpasswd -t <toolkitpassword> -u <user> -o <oldpassword> -n <newpassword>"
on the command line.
This work around can be used to keep any command from being logged in the command history.
Reference:
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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References
*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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Modified date:
30 January 2019
UID
ibm1MIGR-5097120