2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerabilities in dbus affect the IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) (CVE-2014-3638, CVE-2014-3639, CVE-2014-3477)
Vulnerabilities in dbus affect the IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) (CVE-2014-3638, CVE-2014-3639, CVE-2014-3477)
Vulnerability Details:
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3477
Description: D-Bus is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the dbus-daemon. By sending an activation message, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a memory leak and a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/93760> for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3638
Description: D-Bus is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error related to method call replies. By sending the maximum number of parallel method calls, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/96009> for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3639
Description: D-Bus is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error related to incomplete connections. By making repeated connection attempts, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/96010> for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
IBM recommends that you remediate these vulnerabilities through the following code upgrades:
Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation |
---|---|---|---|
Flex System Manager | 1.3.2.x | IT05293 | fsmfix_1.3.2.0_IT05293_05295_05310_05318 |
Flex System Manager | 1.3.1.x | IT05293 | fsmfix_1.3.1.0_IT05293_05295_05310_05318 |
Flex System Manager | 1.3.0.x | IT05293 | fsmfix_1.3.0.0_IT05293_05295_05310_05318 |
Flex System Manager | 1.2.1.x | IT05293 | IBM is no longer providing code update for this release, upgrade to FSM 1.3.2.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities. |
Flex System Manager | 1.2.0.x | IT05293 | IBM is no longer providing code update for this release, upgrade to FSM 1.3.2.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities. |
Flex System Manager | 1.1.1.x | IT05293 | IBM is no longer providing code update for this release, upgrade to FSM 1.3.2.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities. |
None
Related Information:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
11 February 2015: Original Copy Published
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