Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in openLDAP affects IBM Flex System Manager(FSM) (CVE-2015-6908)

Summary

A security vulnerability has been discovered in openLDAP that is embedded in the IBM FSM. This bulletin addresses the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-6908**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenLDAP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an assertion error in the ber_get_next() function. By sending a specially-crafted packet, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the slapd service to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106296 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

Flex System Manager 1.3.4.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.3.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.2.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.1.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.0.x
Flex System Manager 1.2.x.x
Flex System Manager 1.1.x.x

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends updating the FSM using the instructions referenced in this table.

Product |

VRMF |

APAR |

Remediation
—|—|—|—
Flex System Manager|

1.3.4.x |

IT14623

| Install fsmfix_1.3.4.0_IT14622_IT14623_IT14624
Flex System Manager|

1.3.3.x |

IT14623

| Install fsmfix_1.3.3.0_IT14622_IT14623_IT14624
Flex System Manager|

1.3.2.x |

IT14623

| Install fsmfix_1.3.2.0_IT14622_IT14623_IT14624
Flex System Manager|

1.3.1.x |

IT14623

| IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release and following the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager|

1.3.0.x |

IT14623

| IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release and following the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager|

1.2.x.x |

IT14623

| IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release and following the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager|

1.1.x.x |

IT14623

| IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release and following the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None