CVE-2013-4038

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The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) implementation in Integrated Management Module (IMM) on IBM BladeCe

The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) implementation in Integrated Management Module (IMM) on IBM BladeCenter, Flex System, System x iDataPlex, and System x3### servers uses cleartext for password storage, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading a file.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4 EPSS 0.00212

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Affected Products & Versions

ibm bladecenterall versions
ibm flex system x220 compute nodeall versions
ibm flex system x240 compute nodeall versions
ibm flex system x440 compute nodeall versions
ibm system x idataplex dx360 m2 serverall versions
ibm system x idataplex dx360 m3 serverall versions
ibm system x idataplex dx360 m4 serverall versions
ibm system x3100 m4all versions
Show all 30 affected productsibm system x3200 m3all versions
ibm system x3250 m3all versions
ibm system x3250 m4all versions
ibm system x3400 m2all versions
ibm system x3400 m3all versions
ibm system x3500 m2all versions
ibm system x3500 m3all versions
ibm system x3500 m4all versions
ibm system x3530 m4all versions
ibm system x3550 m2all versions
ibm system x3550 m3all versions
ibm system x3550 m4all versions
ibm system x3620 m3all versions
ibm system x3630 m3all versions
ibm system x3630 m4all versions
ibm system x3650 m2all versions
ibm system x3650 m3all versions
ibm system x3650 m4all versions
ibm system x3690 x5all versions
ibm system x3750 m4all versions
ibm system x3850 x5all versions
ibm system x3950 x5all versions

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · psirt@us.ibm.com

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AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Published to NVD09 Aug 2013 · 11:55 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5093463Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86174

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