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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in NTP affect IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch & SAN Pass-thru Firmware, QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter

Created by Sheila Hegeman on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/868530
868530

Security Bulletin


Summary

The switch firmware deliverables listed below have addressed the applicable NTP CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

The switch firmware deliverables listed below have addressed the applicable NTP CVEs.

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9750

Description: NTP NTPd could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in ntp_crypto.c when Autokey Authentication is enabled. By sending a malformed packet, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service.

CVSS Base Score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109527 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9751

Description: Network Time Protocol (NTP) could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks, caused by the failure to properly determine whether a source IP address is an IPv6 loopback address by the read_network_packet function. By sending a specially crafted packet, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to spoof restricted packets.

CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109548 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7974

Description: NTP could allow a remote authenticated attacker to conduct spoofing attacks, caused by a missing key check. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to impersonate a peer.

CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110019 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7973

Description: NTP could allow a remote attacker to launch a replay attack. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using authenticated broadcast mode packets to conduct a replay attack and gain unauthorized access to the system.

CVSS Base Score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110018 for the current score for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7979

Description: NTP could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions. By sending specially crafted broadcast packets with bad authentication, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the target broadcast client to tear down the association with the broadcast server.

CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110024 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8138

Description: NTP could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions. By sending a specially crafted packet with an origin timestamp of zero, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the timestamp validation check.

CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110025 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Product Affected Version
IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch
IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Pass-thru
9.1
QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module for
BladeCenter
7.10
QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter 9.0

Remediation/Fixes:

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/.

You should verify applying the fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

Product Fixed Version
IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch
IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Pass-thru
qlgc_fw_flex_9.1.8.01.00_anyos_noarch
9.1.8.01.00
QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module for
BladeCenter
qlgc_fw_bcsw_7.10.1.38.00_anyos_noarch
7.10.1.38.00
QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter
qlgc_fw_bcsw_9.0.3.16.00_anyos_noarch
9.0.3.16.00

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None

References:

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

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
07 July 2016: Original Copy Published

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Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

BladeCenter:Operating system independent / None

PureFlex System and Flex System:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 April 2023

UID

ibm1MIGR-5099425