Security Bulletin: IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) is affected by vulnerability (CVE-2013-5211)

Summary

IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) is affected by a ntp vulnerability that could result in a denial of service

Vulnerability Details

Abstract

IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) is affected by a ntp vulnerability that could result in a denial of service

Content

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5211

Description: IBM Flex System Manager allows a remote attacker to use a valid NTP server to cause a potential denial of service attack by forging ntp requests.
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/90143&gt;
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected products and versions

From the FSM command line enter lsconfig -V to determine the level of FSM installed.

• 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

NON-AFFECTED PRODUCTS and VERSIONS

Flex System Manager 1.3.2.x

Remediation:

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None Known

References:

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

Related Information:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal

Acknowledgement
None

Change History
01 July 2014: Original Copy Published

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