Security Bulletin: IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) is affected by vulnerabilities in freetype2 (CVE-2017-8287 CVE-2017-8105 CVE-2016-10244)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) has addressed the following vulnerabilities in freetype2.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-8287
DESCRIPTION: Freetype2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a heap-based buffer overflow in the t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125406 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-8105
DESCRIPTION: Freetype 2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in psaux/t1decode.c. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125262 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-10244
DESCRIPTION: Freetype is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_charstrings function in type1/t1load.c. By persuading a victim to open a a crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124256 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Product	Affected Version
IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM)	2PET

Remediation/Fixes

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Product	Fix Version
IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) (ibm_fw_cmm_2pet16c-2.5.12c_anyos_noarch)	2pet16c-2.5.12c

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

25 July 2018: Original version published

*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.

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Security Bulletin: IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) is affected by vulnerabilities in freetype2 (CVE-2017-8287 CVE-2017-8105 CVE-2016-10244)