Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in cURL libcURL affect IBM Tivoli Netcool System Service Monitors/Application Service Monitors (CVE-2014-3613 CVE-2014-3620)

Security Bulletin

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in cURL libcURL that is used by IBM Tivoli Netcool System Service Monitors/Application Service Monitors. These issues were disclosed on September 10, 2014 by the cURL libcURL Project.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3613

DESCRIPTION: cURL/libcURL could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to properly detect and reject domain names for IP addresses. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to send cookies to an incorrect site.

CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95925 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3620

DESCRIPTION: cURL/libcURL could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by cookies being set for Top Level Domains (TLDs). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to send cookies to a different and unrelated site or domain.

CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95924 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

SSM 4.0.0 FP1 - FP14 and Interim Fix 14-01 – Interim Fix 14-03
SSM 4.0.1 FP1 and Interim Fix 01-01 – Interim Fix 01-02

Remediation/Fixes

Product	VRMF	APAR	Remediation/First Fix
4.0.1.1-TIV-SSM-IF0003	4.0.1.1	None	http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg400001942
4.0.0.14-TIV-SSM-IF0004	4.0.0.14	None	http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg400001952

Workarounds and Mitigations

None known

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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· cURL libcURL vulnerability website (for detail on what versions are affected)

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

31 Oct 2014 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: Multiple vulnerabilities in cURL libcURL affect IBM Tivoli Netcool System Service Monitors/Application Service Monitors (CVE-2014-3613 CVE-2014-3620)