Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in libssh affects Power Hardware Management Console (CVE-2020-1730).

Summary

libssh is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-1730
**DESCRIPTION:**libssh is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the use of uninitialized AES-CTR ciphers. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the implemented counterpart.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179361 for the current score.
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

Remediation/Fixes

Remediation/Fixes

The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: <http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

Product

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VRMF

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APAR

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Remediation/Fix

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Power HMC

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V9.2.950.0 x86_64

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MB04265

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MH01873

Power HMC

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V9.2.950.0 ppc

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MB04266

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MH01874

Workarounds and Mitigations

None