Security Bulletin: IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM) is affected by vulnerability in python (CVE-2018-14647)

Summary

IBM Advanced Management Module (AMM) has addressed the following vulnerability in python.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-14647 DESCRIPTION: Python is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the elementtree C accelerator. By using a specially-crafted XML document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a resource exhaustion.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150579&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
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

Product

|

Affected Version

—|—

IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM)

| BPET

IBM BladeCenter T Advanced Management Module (AMM)

| BBET

Remediation/Fixes

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

Product

|

Affected Version

—|—

IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM)

(ibm_fw_amm_bpet68l-3.68l_anyos_noarch)

| bpet68l-3.68l

IBM BladeCenter T Advanced Management Module (AMM)
(ibm_fw_amm_bbet68l-3.68l_anyos_noarch)

| bbet68l-3.68l

Workarounds and Mitigations

None