Security Bulletin: Backdoor Access Vulnerability in IBM System Networking Products (CVE- 2014-4752)

Summary

Backdoor access discovered on IBM System Networking Switches

Vulnerability Details

Abstract

Backdoor access discovered on IBM System Networking Switches

Content

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2014-4752

Descriptoin:
It has been reported that the firmware that runs on some of the IBM System Networking Switches have certain backdoor access login username/password combinations which are hard-coded and not changeable. These could result in potential vulnerabilities.

CVSS Base Score: 10.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/94353 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected products and versions

Remediation:

Removed all hard-coded/non-changeable login username/password accesses from switch firmware

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

• None known

References:

• Complete CVSS Guide
• On-line Calculator V2

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

Acknowledgement
None

Change History
7 August, 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 Flash.

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