Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Advanced Management Module (AMM) for BladeCenter systems has addressed the following vulnerability in OpenSSL.
Vulnerability Details
Summary
IBM Advanced Management Module (AMM) for BladeCenter systems has addressed the following vulnerability in OpenSSL.
Vulnerability Details
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2842
Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to verify that a certain memory allocation succeeds by the doapr_outch function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted string to cause an out-of-bounds write or consume an overly large amount of resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111304
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:N/A:H)
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected Version |
|---|---|
| IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM) | BPET |
Remediation/Fixes
Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
| Product | Fix Version |
|---|---|
| IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module
(AMM) ibm_fw_amm_bpet66z-3.66z_anyos_noarch |
BPET66Z-3.66z |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
References
Related Information
IBM
Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security
Incident Response Blog
Lenovo
Product Security Advisories
Acknowledgement
None.
Change History
12 January, 2017: Original Version 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 Security Bulletin.
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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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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
14 April 2023
UID
ibm1MIGR-5099527