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Security Bulletin: GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability affects InfoSphere Guardium
BM InfoSphere Guardium (CVE-2015-0235)

Created by Lisette Contreras on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/526303
526303

Security Bulletin


Summary

GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability that has been referred to as GHOST affects IBM InfoSphere Guardium.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-0235

DESCRIPTION: The gethostbyname functions of the GNU C Library (glibc) are vulnerable to a buffer overflow. By sending a specially crafted, but valid hostname argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the targeted process or cause the process to crash. The impact of an attack depends on the implementation details of the targeted application or operating system. This issue is being referred to as the "Ghost" vulnerability.


CVSS Base Score: 7.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100386for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM InfoSphere Guardium, V8.2, IBM InfoSphere Guardium, V9.x

Remediation/Fixes

<Product

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM InfoSphere Guardium8.2<none>http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard-8.2p6005_CVE-2015-0235,SqlGuard-9.0p6005_CVE-2015-0235&includeSupersedes=0
< IBM InfoSphere Guardium9.x< None>http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard-8.2p6005_CVE-2015-0235,SqlGuard-9.0p6005_CVE-2015-0235&includeSupersedes=0
Once updates have been applied, any process using glibc will need to be restarted. Given that nearly all system processes use glibc, rebooting after upgrading is suggested

Workarounds and Mitigations

None known

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References

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

*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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21696416

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