Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX Certified Container is vulnerable to sensitive information exposure due to GNU ncurses (CVE-2019-17595, CVE-2019-17594)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX Certified Container bundles ncurses as third party packages in its container image which has the vulnerability where attacker can obtain sensitive information. This fix updates ncurses to 6.1-9.20180224.el8.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-17595
DESCRIPTION: GNU ncurses could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a heap-based buffer over-read in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168972 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2019-17594
DESCRIPTION: GNU ncurses could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168970 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX	6.0.0
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX	6.1.0
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX	6.2.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s)	Version(s)	APAR	Remediation/Fix
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX	6.2.0 IBM Certified Container	IT41640	Apply 6.2.0.4, see Downloading the Certified Container Software
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX	6.1.0 IBM Certified Container	IT41640	Apply 6.2.0.4, see Downloading the Certified Container Software
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX	6.0.0 IBM Certified Container	IT41640	Apply 6.2.0.4, see Downloading the Certified Container Software

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

15 Jul 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

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX Certified Container is vulnerable to sensitive information exposure due to GNU ncurses (CVE-2019-17595, CVE-2019-17594)