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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in libxml2 affects IBM InfoSphere Streams. (CVE-2015-8710)

Created by Jason Nikolai on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/279365
279365

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in libxml2 that is used by IBM InfoSphere Streams. IBM InfoSphere Streams has addressed this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8710
Description: Libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds memory access when parsing an unclosed HTML comment. By using the ""<!--"" HTML comment without close, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an out-of-bounds read and cause the system to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.300
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110076 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

  • IBM InfoSphere Streams Version 1.2.1.0
  • IBM InfoSphere Streams Version 2.0.0.4 and earlier
  • IBM InfoSphere Streams Version 3.0.0.5 and earlier
  • IBM InfoSphere Streams Version 3.1.0.7 and earlier
  • IBM InfoSphere Streams Version 3.2.1.4 and earlier
  • IBM InfoSphere Streams Version 4.0.1.1 and earlier
  • IBM Streams Version 4.1.1.0 and earlier

Remediation/Fixes

NOTE: Fix Packs are available on IBM Fix Central.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

16 May 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:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21983371

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