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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in sudo affects IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System (CVE-2014-9680)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/273973
273973

Security Bulletin


Summary

A security vulnerability has been discovered in sudo used with IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-9680
DESCRIPTION:
Todd Miller sudo could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to check the TZ environment variable prior to passing through the TZ parser. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service and launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101202 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

Products: GX3002, GX4002, GX4004, GX4004-v2, GX5008, GX5008-v2, GX5108, GX5108-v2, GX5208, GX5208-v2, GX6116, GX7412, GX7412-10, GX7412-05, GX7800, GV200, GV1000

Firmware versions 4.6.2, 4.6.1, 4.6, 4.5, 4.4, and 4.3

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFRemediation/First Fix
IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System Firmware version 4.6.24.6.2.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0012
IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System Firmware version 4.6.14.6.1.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0016
IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System Firmware version 4.64.6.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0014
IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System Firmware version 4.54.5.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0016
IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System Firmware version 4.44.4.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0016
IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System Firmware version 4.34.3.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0014

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

01 January 2016: 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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Document Information

Modified date:
23 February 2022

UID

swg21972506