Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Software Delivery and Lifecycle Patterns requires client action for the glibc vulnerabilities.
The GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
Vulnerability Details
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IBM Software Delivery and Lifecycle Patterns ships with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 which is vulnerable to CVE-2014-5119.
CVE ID: CVE-2014-5119
Description: The GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an off-by-one error in the __gconv_translit_find() function. By setting the CHARSET environment variable to a malicious value, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95044 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Software Delivery and Lifecycle Patterns 1.0 and 1.0.1
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends you should contact Red Hat to obtain and install fixes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4.
Alternatively, if you have access to a Yum update repository, you may update the glibc library by using the command: yum update glibc
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
* 22 October 2014: Original copy 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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Document Information
Modified date:
16 June 2018
UID
swg21686781