Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in OpenSSH affects IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru, QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module for BladeCenter and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter

Summary

IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru, QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module for BladeCenter and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter have addressed the following vulnerability in OpenSSH.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru, QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module for BladeCenter and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter have addressed the following vulnerability in OpenSSH.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6515

Description: OpenSSH is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to limit password lengths for password authentication by the auth_password function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an overly long string to consume all available CPU resources.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/115911&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;

You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

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

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
20 January, 2017: 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.

Disclaimer

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