Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in bind (CVE-2022-2795) affects Power HMC

Summary

BIND is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-2795
**DESCRIPTION:**ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in resolver code. By flooding the target resolver with queries, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to severely degrade the resolver’s performance, effectively denying legitimate clients access to the DNS resolution service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/236701 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

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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V10.1.1020.0 SP2 x86

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MB04427

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MF71406

Power HMC

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V10.1.1020.0 SP2 ppc

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MB04428

|

MF71407

Power HMC

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V10.2.1040.0 SP1 x86

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MB04429

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MF71408

Power HMC

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V10.2.1040.0 SP1 ppc

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MB04430

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MF71409

Workarounds and Mitigations

None