Security Bulletin: IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru is affected by vulnerability in OpenSLP (CVE-2017-17833)

Summary

The following vulnerability in OpenSLP has been addressed by IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru firmware.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

The following vulnerability in OpenSLP has been addressed by IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru firmware.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-17833

Description: OpenSLP, as used in multiple products, is vulnerable to a denial of service. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt the heap memory and cause a denial of service.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/142087&gt; 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:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

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

Workarounds and Mitigations

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
OpenSLP Heap Memory Corruption LEN-18247

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
15 June, 2018: Original 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.

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