Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in ntp affects IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x, Flex and BladeCenter systems (CVE-2015-5219)

Summary

A vulnerability in ntp affects IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x, Flex and BladeCenter systems.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

A vulnerability in ntp affects IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x, Flex and BladeCenter systems.

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5219

Description: Network Time Protocol (NTP) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the sntp program. By sending specially crafted NTP packets, a remote attacker from within the local network could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107597&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes:

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

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

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
01 July 2016: Original Copy 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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