Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in OpenSSH affects IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru, QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module and SAN Switch Module and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter (CVE-2015-5600)

Summary

IBM Flex System FC43171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru, QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module and SAN Switch Module and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter have addressed the following CVE.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM Flex System FC43171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru, QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter have addressed the following CVE.

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5600

Description: OpenSSH could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the keyboard-interactive authentication mechanism that allows successive authentications that exceed the MaxAuthTries setting. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using brute-force techniques to crack the victim’s password.

CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104877&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

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 the 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

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
25 November 2015: Original version published
17 March 2016: Revised 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.

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