Security Bulletin: IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) is affected by a security vulnerability: (CVE-2014-6147)

Summary

A security vulnerability has been discovered in the IBM FSM.

Vulnerability Details

Abstract

A security vulnerability has been discovered in the IBM FSM.

Content

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6147

Description: An authenticated user could obtain sensitive data from the FSM and use this data to escalate their privileges or impersonate different user.

CVSS Base Score: 1.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/96917&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected products and versions

• Flex System Manager 1.1.x.x
• Flex System Manager 1.2.0.x
• Flex System Manager 1.2.1.x
• Flex System Manager 1.3.0.x
• Flex System Manager 1.3.1.x
• Flex System Manager 1.3.2.x

Remediation/Fixes:

See Workarounds section.

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

IBM recommends that you protect against this vulnerability by (1) installing the following code updates and (2) using the work around listed below concerning entering particular commands.

Whenever using the mkcert,updcert,chrmpasswdorchtoolkitpasswd commands enter a blank character on the command line before entering the command.

For example, rather than entering:

“chrmpasswd -t <toolkitpassword> -u <user> -o <oldpassword> -n <newpassword>”

enter

" chrmpasswd -t <toolkitpassword> -u <user> -o <oldpassword> -n <newpassword>"

on the command line.

This work around can be used to keep any command from being logged in the command history.

Reference:

• Complete CVSS Guide
• On-line Calculator V2

Related Information:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None

Change History
11 February 2015: 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 Flash.

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