Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) has addressed the following vulnerability in NTP.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: NTP is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by ntpq and ntpdc. By sending an overly long string argument, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145120 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
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Product |
Affected Version |
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IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) |
2PET |
Remediation/Fixes
Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
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Product |
Fix Version |
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IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) |
2pet18a-2.5.14a |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
20 March 2019: 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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Document Information
Modified date:
20 March 2019
UID
ibm10870670