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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Open Source glibc affect IBM Security Identity Governance (CVE-2014-8121)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/268897
268897

Security Bulletin


Summary

Vulnerabilities in Open Source glibc that is used by IBM Security Identity Governance. GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to properly check if a file is open by DB_LOOKUP in nss_files/files-XXX.c in the Name Service Switch (NSS). By performing a look-up on a database while iterating over it, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop

Vulnerability Details

    CVEID: CVE-2014-8121
    DESCRIPTION:     GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to properly check if a file is open by DB_LOOKUP in nss_files/files-XXX.c in the Name Service Switch (NSS). By performing a look-up on a database while iterating over it, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
    CVSS Base Score: 5
    CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102652 for the current score
    CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
    CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

IGI 5.2

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Version

Remediation Fixes
IGI Appliance 5.25.2.0.1-ISS-SIGI-IF0002

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References

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

*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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Internal Use Only

PSIRT Product Record 63196

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21968855

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