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 | VRMF | Remediation/First Fix |
| IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System | Firmware version 4.6.2 | 4.6.2.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0012 |
| IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System | Firmware version 4.6.1 | 4.6.1.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0016 |
| IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System | Firmware version 4.6 | 4.6.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0014 |
| IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System | Firmware version 4.5 | 4.5.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0016 |
| IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System | Firmware version 4.4 | 4.4.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0016 |
| IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System | Firmware version 4.3 | 4.3.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0014 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
23 February 2022
UID
swg21972506