Security Bulletin: IBM Flex System Manager is affected by a vulnerability from FSM’s use of strongswan: (CVE-2015-4171)

Summary

There is a security vulnerability in strongswan that is used by IBM Flex System Manager (FSM).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-4171 **
DESCRIPTION:** strongSwan could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in IKEv2 connections related to server authentication with a certificate and EAP or pre-shared keys. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain user credentials and other sensitive information.

CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/103885 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Flex System Manager 1.1.x.x
Flex System Manager 1.2.0.x
Flex System Manager 1.2.1.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.0.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.1.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.2.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.3.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.4.x

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| APAR| Remediation
—|—|—|—
Flex System Manager| 1.3.4.x| IT11634| fsmfix1.3.4.0_IT11633_IT11634_IT11652
Flex System Manager | 1.3.3.x| IT11634| fsmfix1.3.3.0_IT11633_IT11634_IT11652
Flex System Manager| 1.3.2.x| IT11634| fsmfix1.3.2.0_IT11633_IT11634_IT11652
Flex System Manager| 1.3.1.x| IT11634| IBM is no longer providing code updates for this release, upgrade to FSM 1.3.4.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager| 1.3.0.x| IT11634| IBM is no longer providing code updates for this release, upgrade to FSM 1.3.4.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager| 1.2.1.x| IT11634| Effective September 30, 2015 IBM has discontinued service for these version/release/modification/fix levels.
Flex System Manager| 1.2.0.x| IT11634| Effective September 30, 2015 IBM has discontinued service for these version/release/modification/fix levels.
Flex System Manager| 1.1.x.x| IT11634| Effective April 30, 2015 IBM has discontinued service for these version/release/modification/fix levels.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None