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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2015.1171
Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in rsyslog affects SmartCloud Provisioning
      2.1 for IBM Provided Software Virtual Appliance (CVE-2014-3634)
                               29 April 2015

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM SmartCloud Provisioning
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  Virtualisation
Impact/Access:     Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2014-3634  

Reference:         ESB-2014.2153
                   ESB-2014.1887
                   ESB-2014.1873
                   ESB-2014.1822
                   ESB-2014.1810
                   ESB-2014.1791
                   ESB-2014.1713

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21883413

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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in rsyslog affects SmartCloud Provisioning 
2.1 for IBM Provided Software Virtual Appliance (CVE-2014-3634)

Document information

More support for:

IBM SmartCloud Provisioning

Software version:

2.1, 2.1.0.1, 2.1.0.2, 2.1.0.3

Operating system(s):

Platform Independent

Reference #:

1883413

Modified date:

2015-04-23

Security Bulletin

Summary

Vulnerability in rsyslog package affects SmartCloud Provisioning 2.1 for IBM 
Provided Software Virtual Appliance (CVE-2014-3634).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-3634

DESCRIPTION: RSyslog and sysklogd are vulnerable to a denial of service. By 
sending a specially-crafted message, a remote attacker could exploit this 
vulnerability to cause the service to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 5

CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/96794 for more 
information

CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined

CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

SmartCloud Provisioning 2.1 for IBM Provided Software Virtual Appliance

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is download SmartCloud Provisioning 2.1 Fix Pack 5 
for IBM Provided Software Virtual Appliance Interim Fix 3 
(2.1.0-TIV-ISCP-FP0005-SVA_IFIX03) from Fix Central and apply it as soon as 
practical.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None known

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References

Complete CVSS Guide

On-line Calculator V2

http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/96794

Related information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal

IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

February 10, 2015: Original Version Published

April 21, 2015: updated references

*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 Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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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