Vulnerabilities have been found in ntp that is used by IBM Flex System Manager (FSM).
Vulnerabilities have been found in ntp that is used by IBM Flex System Manager (FSM).
Vulnerability Details:
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9295
Description: Network Time Protocol (NTP) Project NTP daemon (ntpd) is vulnerable to multiple stack-based buffer overflows, caused by improper bounds checking by ntpd. By sending specially-crafted packets, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/99578> for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
IBM recommends that you remediate these vulnerabilities through the following code upgrades:
Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation |
---|---|---|---|
Flex System Manager | 1.3.2.x | IT06706 | fsmfix_1.3.2.0_IT06705_IT06684_IT06706 |
Flex System Manager | 1.3.1.x | IT06706 | fsmfix_1.3.1.0_IT06705_IT06684_IT06706 |
Flex System Manager | 1.3.0.x | IT06706 | fsmfix_1.3.0.0_IT06705_IT06684_IT06706 |
Flex System Manager | 1.2.1.x | IT06706 | IBM is no longer providing code updates for this release, upgrade to FSM 1.3.2.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities. |
Flex System Manager | 1.2.0.x | IT06706 | IBM is no longer providing code updates for this release, upgrade to FSM 1.3.2.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities. |
Flex System Manager | 1.1.x.x | IT06706 | IBM is no longer providing code updates for this release, upgrade to FSM 1.3.2.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities. |
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Acknowledgement
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Change History
13 February 2015: Original Copy Published
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