CVE-2013-4038 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2013-4038

The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) implementation in Integrated Management...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

bladecenter, flex system x220 compute node, flex system x240 compute node, flex system x440 compute node, system x idataplex dx360 m2 server, system x idataplex dx360 m3 server, system x idataplex dx360 m4 server, system x3100 m4, system x3200 m3, system x3250 m3, system x3250 m4, system x3400 m2, system x3400 m3, system x3500 m2, system x3500 m3, system x3500 m4, system x3530 m4, system x3550 m2, system x3550 m3, system x3550 m4, system x3620 m3, system x3630 m3, system x3630 m4, system x3650 m2, system x3650 m3, system x3650 m4, system x3690 x5, system x3750 m4, system x3850 x5, system x3950 x5
Vulnerable Versions:
hs22, hs22v, hs23, hs23e, hx5

Timeline

Official Publish: August 9th, 2013
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.