Security Bulletin
Summary
A vulnerability in the GNU C library (glibc) can allow a local unprivileged user to gain root on some Linux machines. To exploit this flaw, an attacker needs to be able to run unprivileged arbitrary code on the local system.
Vulnerability Details
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5119
DESCRIPTION: The GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an off-by-one error in the __gconv_translit_find() function. By setting the CHARSET environment variable to a malicious value, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95044 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score:*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2.3 and below
Remediation/Fixes
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Product | VRMF | Remediation/First Fix |
| IBM QRadar Incident Forensics | 7.2.3 | IBM QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2.4 GA |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
*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
swg21692245