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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in OpenSSH affects IBM Security Network Protection (CVE-2015-8325)

Created by Rick Wu on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/292645
292645

Security Bulletin


Summary

A security vulnerability has been discovered in OpenSSH, which is used by IBM Security Network Protection.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-8325
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSH could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error in the do_setup_env function when the UseLogin feature is enabled and PAM is configured to read .pam_environment files in user home directories. By using an LD_PRELOAD environment variable, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114628 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.1
IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.3

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFRemediation/First Fix
IBM Security Network ProtectionFirmware version 5.3.1Download Firmware 5.3.1.13 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.
IBM Security Network ProtectionFirmware version 5.3.3Download Firmware 5.3.3.3 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

16 May 2017: 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

swg21999248

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