Security Bulletin
Summary
Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the libxml2 component of IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2014-0191
DESCRIPTION:
Libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the expansion of internal entities within the xmlParserHandlePEReference() function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted XML document containing malicious attributes to consume all available CPU resources.
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93092 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVEID: CVE-2013-2877
DESCRIPTION:
Google Chrome is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds read in XML parsing. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85531 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVEID: CVE-2014-3660
DESCRIPTION:
Libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the expansion of recursive entities. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted XML document processed by an application using libxml2 to consume all available CPU resources.
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97656 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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
The following IBM Threat Fixpacks have the fixes for these vulnerabilities. You can download them from the following links:
| Product | VRMF | Remediation/First Fix |
| IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System | 4.6.2.0 | 4.6.2.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0004 |
| IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System | 4.6.1.0 | 4.6.1.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0008 |
| IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System | 4.6.0.0 | 4.6.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0006 |
| IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System | 4.5.0.0 | 4.5.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0008 |
| IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System | 4.4.0.0 | 4.4.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0008 |
| IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System | 4.3.0.0 | 4.3.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0006 |
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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
23 February 2022
UID
swg21693458