IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru, QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module for BladeCenter and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter have addressed the following vulnerability in OpenSSH.
IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru, QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module for BladeCenter and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter have addressed the following vulnerability in OpenSSH.
Vulnerability Details
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6515
Description: OpenSSH is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to limit password lengths for password authentication by the auth_password function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an overly long string to consume all available CPU resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/115911> 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:H)
Product | Affected Version |
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IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru Firmware | 9.1 |
QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module for BladeCenter | 7.10 |
QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter | 9.0 |
Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/>
Product | Fix Version |
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IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru Firmware | |
qlgc_fw_flex_9.1.9.02.00_anyos_noarch | 9.1.9.02.00 |
QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module for BladeCenter | |
qlgc_fw_bcsw_7.10.1.40.00_anyos_noarch | 7.10.1.40.00 |
QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter | |
qlgc_fw_bcsw_9.0.3.19.00_anyos_noarch | 9.0.3.19.00 |
You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.
None.
Related Information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Lenovo Product Security Advisories
Acknowledgement
None.
Change History
20 January, 2017: Original Version Published
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