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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in cURL libcURL affect IBM Tivoli Netcool System Service Monitors/Application Service Monitors (CVE-2014-8150, 2014-8151)

Created by Linda Davis on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/527275
527275

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in cURL libcURL that is used by IBM Tivoli Netcool System Service Monitors/Application Service Monitors. These issues were disclosed on January 8, 2015 by the cURL libcURL Project.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8150

DESCRIPTION: libcURL is vulnerable to CRLF injection, caused by the improper handling of URLs with embedded end-of-line characters. By persuading a victim to click on a specially-crafted URL link using an HTTP proxy, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking.

CVSS Base Score: 4.300
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100567 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8151

DESCRIPTION: libcURL could allow a remote attacker to conduct a spoofing attack, caused by the failure to check if a cached TLS session validated the certificate when reusing the session by the darwinssl_connect_step1 function. By persuading a victim to visit a Web site containing a specially-crafted certificate, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to cause the victim to accept spoofed certificates.

CVSS Base Score: 4.300
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100568 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

SSM 4.0.0 FP1 - FP14 and Interim Fix 14-01 – Interim Fix 14-04
SSM 4.0.1 FP1 – FP2

Remediation/Fixes


ProductVRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
4.0.1.2-TIV-SSM-IF00014.0.1.2Nonehttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg400002085
4.0.0.14-TIV-SSM-IF00054.0.0.14Nonehttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg400002088

Workarounds and Mitigations

None known

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References

Off
cURL libcURL vulnerability website (for detail on what versions are affected)

Change History

24 Mar 2015 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:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21697204