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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in zlib affect IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions (CVE-2016-9840, CVE-2016-9841, CVE-2016-9842, CVE-2016-9843)

Created by Zhi Hong Wang on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/293031
293031

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in zlib that is used by IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions.

Vulnerability Details

Relevant CVE Information:
CVEID: CVE-2016-9840
DESCRIPTION:
 zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120508 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-9841
DESCRIPTION:
 zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120509 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-9842
DESCRIPTION:
 zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an undefined left shift of negative number. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120510 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-9843
DESCRIPTION:
 zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a big-endian out-of-bounds pointer. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120511 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager (ITCAM) for Transactions: Versions 7.4 is affected.

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions (Internet Service Monitoring)7.4
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg400003327
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions (Response Time)7.4
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg400003181
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions (Transaction Tracking)7.4
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg400003496

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

24 Mar 2017 Original Version Published
27 Apr 2017 Revised "Workarounds and Mitigations" and "Change History" sections

*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:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21999522