SB2014042122 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module
Published: April 21, 2014 Updated: February 22, 2024
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5211)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS conditions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an error in the monlist feature in ntp_request.c. By sending a specially crafted REQ_MON_GETLIST or REQ_MON_GETLIST_1 request, a remote attacker can consume available CPU resources and cause the server to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
2) Cryptographic issues (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6718)
CWE-ID: CWE-310 - Cryptographic Issues
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. A remote attacker can discover account names and passwords via use of an unspecified interface.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.