Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in libgcrypt affects IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x, Flex and BladeCenter systems

Summary

IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x, Flex and BladeCenter systems have addressed the following vulnerability in libgcrypt.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x, Flex and BladeCenter systems have addressed the following vulnerability in libgcrypt.

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6313

Description: GnuPG could provide weaker than expected security, caused by an error in the mixing functions when obtaining 4640 bits from the random number generator. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to predict the next 160 bits of output.

CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116169&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes:

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

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None

References:

• Complete CVSS v3 Guide
• On-line Calculator v3

Related Information:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Lenovo Product Security Advisories

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
03 January 2017: 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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