Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in NTP affect Power Hardware Management Console (CVE-2017-6464, CVE-2017-6463)

Summary

NTP is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVEs

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-6464 DESCRIPTION: NTP is vulnerable to a denial of service. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a malformed mode configuration directive to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 4.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123610&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-6463 DESCRIPTION: NTP is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending an invalid setting, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the :config directive to cause the daemon to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 4.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123612&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Power HMC V8.6.0.0
Power HMC V8.7.0.0
Power HMC V9.1.910.0

Remediation/Fixes

The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: <http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

Product

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VRMF

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APAR

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Remediation/Fix

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Power HMC

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V8.8.6.0 SP3

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MB04172

|

MH01784

Power HMC

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V8.8.7.0 SP2 ppc

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MB04174

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MH01786

Power HMC

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V8.8.7.0 SP2 x86

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MB04173

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MH01785

Power HMC

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V9.1.920.0 ppc

| MB04176 | MH01760
Power HMC | V9.1.920.0 x86 | MB04175 | MH01759

Workarounds and Mitigations

None