IBM Hardware Management Console Resource Monitoring and Control denial of service
| ibm-hmc-rmc-dos (46413) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an unspecified error in the Resource Monitoring and Control (RMC) daemon. By sending a specially-crafted packet containing a malformed client packet length, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the daemon to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Refer to IBM Security Bulletin, Doc number: 4441 or IBM Security Bulletin, Doc number: 4442 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- IBM Technical Bulletin 4441: Announcing PTF MH01134 for HMC Version 7 Release 3.3.0 SP2.
- IBM Technical Bulletin 4442: Announcing PTF MH01133 for HMC Version 7 Release 3.2.0 SP1.
- IBM Web site: Hardware Management Console.
- PTF MH01133: HMC V7R320 Service Pack 1 security fix.
- PTF MH01134: HMC V7R330 Service Pack 2 security fix.
- BID-32181: IBM Hardware Management Console RMC Daemon Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-5035: The Resource Monitoring and Control (RMC) daemon in IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) 7 release 3.2.0 SP1 and 3.3.0 SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or hang) via a packet with an invalid length.
- OSVDB ID: 49742: IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) RNC Daemon Crafted Packet Remote DoS
- SA32571: IBM HMC RMC Daemon Denial of Service Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-3051: IBM Hardware Management Console Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- IBM Hardware Management Console 7
Reported:
Nov 07, 2008
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