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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2012.1111
           Security Bulletin: Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Remote
             Control Broker denial of service (CVE-2012-4841)
                             23 November 2012

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Remote Control Broker
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  AIX
                   Linux variants
                   Windows
Impact/Access:     Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2012-4841  

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21616746

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Security Bulletin: Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Remote Control Broker denial of
service (CVE-2012-4841)

Flash (Alert)

Abstract


Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Remote Control Broker can suffer from a denial of
service and exhausting of system resources

Content

VULNERABILITY DETAILS:

CVE IDs: CVE-2012-4841

DESCRIPTION

Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Remote Control Broker can suffer from a denial of
service and exhausting of system resources

CVEID: CVE-2012-4841
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79125 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)


AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS:
Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Remote Control 8.2

REMEDIATION:
Required for installations of broker component v8.2.1 (build 0024).
To resolve this issue, upgrade existing installations with the broker component
included in Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Remote Control Fix pack
8.2.1-TIV-TEMRC821-IF0002.

Workaround(s):
None.

Mitigation(s):
None

REFERENCES:
· Complete CVSS Guide
http://www.first.org/cvss/cvss-guide.html

· On-line Calculator V2
http://nvd.nist.gov/cvss.cfm?calculator&adv&version=2

· CVE-2012-4841
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4841

· X-Force Vulnerability Database http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79125

RELATED INFORMATION:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
https://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/security/secure-engineering/

IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/PSIRT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
None

CHANGE HISTORY
None

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will
ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of
this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the
Reference section of this Flash.


Note: According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST),
the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and
priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF ANY
ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.

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Corp., registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. Other product and service
names might be trademarks of IBM or other companies. A current list of IBM
trademarks is available on the Web at "Copyright and trademark information" at
www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml.

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