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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by a kernel vulnerability

Created by Ofra Shinitzky on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1072018
1072018

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Security Guardium has addressed the following vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-3896
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a double free flaw in the idr_remove_all function in in lib/idr.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges or cause the system to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/162709 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected IBM Security Guardium

Affected Versions
IBM Security Guardium 10.0 - 10.6

Remediation/Fixes

Product
VRMF
Remediation / First Fix
IBM Security Guardium 10.0-10.6 https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=10.0&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_10.0p630_Bundle_Sep-25-2019&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

October 1, 2019: 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.

Disclaimer

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Internal Use Only

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Document Information

Modified date:
01 October 2019

UID

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