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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in OpenSSH affects IBM Integrated Management Module (IMM) for System x & BladeCenter

Created by Sheila Hegeman on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/868742
868742

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Integrated Management Module (IMM) for System x & BladeCenter has addressed the following vulnerabilities in OpenSSH.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM Integrated Management Module (IMM) for System x & BladeCenter has addressed the following vulnerabilities in OpenSSH.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2016-6515

Description: OpenSSH is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to limit password lengths for password authentication by the auth_password function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an overly long string to consume all available CPU resources.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/115911 for the 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 Integrated Management Module (IMM) for System x & BladeCenter YUOO

Remediation/Fixes:

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

Product Fix Version
IBM Integrated Management Module (IMM) for System x & BladeCenter
ibm_fw_imm_yuooh4b-1.53_windows_32-64
ibm_fw_imm_yuooh4b-1.53_linux_32-64
YUOOH4B - 1.53

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None

References:

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

Acknowledgement

None

Change History
08 June 2017: Original Copy Published

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Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

BladeCenter:Operating system independent / None

System x:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 April 2023

UID

ibm1MIGR-5099597