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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Linux Kernel affects IBM Flex System Networking Switch Products (CVE-2017-6214)

Created by Sheila Hegeman on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/868830
868830

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Flex System Networking Switch Products have addressed the following vulnerability in Linux Kernel.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM Flex System Networking Switch Products have addressed the following vulnerability in Linux Kernel.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2017-6214

Description: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the tcp_splice_read() function. By sending a specially crafted TCP packet, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop and consume an overly large amount of CPU resources.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/122320 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 Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch 7.8
IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch 7.8
IBM Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module 7.8
IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch 7.8

Remediation/Fixes:

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

Product Fix Version
IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch
(ibm_fw_scsw_en4093r-7.8.18.0_anyos_noarch)
7.8.18.0
IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch
(ibm_fw_scsw_cn4093-7.8.18.0_anyos_noarch)
7.8.18.0
IBM Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module
(ibm_fw_scsw_si4093-7.8.18.0_anyos_noarch)
7.8.18.0
IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch
(ibm_fw_scsw_en2092-7.8.18.0_anyos_noarch)
7.8.18.0

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
21 November 2017: Original Copy Published

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Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

PureFlex System and Flex System:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 January 2019

UID

ibm1MIGR-5099693