Security Bulletin
Summary
Open-vm-tools is used only in IBM DataPower Gateway Virtual Edition for communicating with the Hypervisor to perform such tasks as reboot or shutdown of the VM. The limited functionality employed in this use should not expose these CVEs to exploitation; IBM has addressed the CVEs out of an abundance of caution.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2014-8147
DESCRIPTION: ICU Project ICU4C library could allow a local attacker execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in the resolveImplicitLevels function of ubidi.c. By sending an overly long string, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102876 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
CVEID: CVE-2014-8146
DESCRIPTION: ICU Project ICU4C library is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by resolveImplicitLevels function of ubidi.c. By sending an overly long string, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102875 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
CVEID: CVE-2020-10531
DESCRIPTION: International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow in UnicodeString::doAppend() function in common/unistr.cpp. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/177660 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2017-14952
DESCRIPTION: International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a double free in i18n/zonemeta.cpp. By using a specially crafted string, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/133526 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM DataPower Gateway V10CD | 10.0.2.0-10.0.3.0 |
| IBM DataPower Gateway 10.0.1 | 10.0.1.0-10.0.1.4 |
| IBM DataPower Gateway 2018.4.1 | 2018.4.1.0-2018.4.1.17 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Affected product | Fixed in version | APAR |
| IBM DataPower Gateway V10CD | 10.0.4.0 | IT37856 |
| IBM DataPower Gateway 10.0.1 | 10.0.1.5 | IT37856 |
| IBM DataPower Gateway 2018.4.1 | 2018.4.1.18 | IT37856 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
10 Feb 2022: Initial Publication
*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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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
02 June 2022
UID
ibm16591431