Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in net-snmp affect Power Hardware Management Console (CVE-2014-3565)

Summary

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

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-3565
DESCRIPTION: Net-SNMP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of SNMP traps when started with the “-OQ” option. By sending an SNMP trap message containing a variable with a NULL type, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause snmptrapd to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95638 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

Power HMC V7.3.0.0
Power HMC V7.8.0.0
Power HMC V7.9.0.0
Power HMC V8.1.0.0
Power HMC V8.2.0.0
Power HMC V8.3.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central

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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V7.730.0 SP1

|

MB03964

|

Apply eFix MH01569

Power HMC

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V7.780.0 SP1

|

MB03965

|

Apply eFix MH01570

Power HMC

|

V7.790.0 SP1

|

MB03966

|

Apply eFix MH01571

Power HMC

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V8.8.1.0 SP2

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MB03967

|

Apply eFix MH01572

Power HMC

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V8.8.2.0 SP2

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MB03968

|

Apply eFix MH01573

Power HMC

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V8.8.3.0 SP1

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MB03969

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Apply eFix MH01574

Workarounds and Mitigations

None