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Security Bulletin: IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM) is affected by vulnerabilities in X.Org libx11 (CVE-2018-14599 CVE-2018-14598)

Created by Barb Foss on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/880771
880771

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Advanced Management Module (AMM) has addressed the following vulnerabilities in X.Org libx11.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-14599
DESCRIPTION: X.Org libx11 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an off-by-one flaw in multiple functions. By sending malicious server responses, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148661 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:L)

CVEID: CVE-2018-14598
DESCRIPTION: X.Org libx11 is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a specially-crafted reply, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148664 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:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Product

Affected Version

IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM)
 
 BPET

IBM BladeCenter T Advanced Management Module (AMM)
 

 BBET

Remediation/Fixes

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

Product

Affected Version

IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM)
(ibm_fw_amm_bpet68l-3.68l_anyos_noarch)
 bpet68l-3.68l

IBM BladeCenter T Advanced Management Module (AMM)
(ibm_fw_amm_bbet68l-3.68l_anyos_noarch)

 bbet68l-3.68l

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Lenovo Product Security Advisories

Change History

11 April 2019: Initial 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
11 April 2019

UID

ibm10880771

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