Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities affect IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware (CVE-2014-9564, CVE-2014-9565)

Summary

IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware is affected by carriage return line feed injection and cross site request forgery vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware is affected by carriage return line feed injection and cross site request forgery vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9564

Description: IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet and IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switches are vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using various parameters to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and cause the server to return a split response, once the URL is clicked. This would allow the attacker to perform further attacks, such as Web cache poisoning or cross-site scripting, and possibly obtain sensitive information.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/101006&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9565

Description: IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet and IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switches is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a malformed HTTP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/101007&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected products and versions

IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware version 3.4.0000 and earlier.

Remediation/Fixes

It is recommended to apply the following update. Firmware updates are available through IBM Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;. You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

• IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware version 3.4.1110 (mlnx_fw_ppc_m460ex-sx-3.4.1110_anyos_noarch)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

Reference

• Complete CVSS Guide
• On-line Calculator V2
• OpenSSL Project vulnerability website

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Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
30 April 2014: Original Copy 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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