Security Bulletin
Summary
The IBM Security SiteProtector System uses IBM HTTP Server (IHS) for which there is a potential denial of service vulnerability that may impact IHS on Windows. Exploitation of the attack requires local access to the server system.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-1829
DESCRIPTION: Apache Portable Runtime is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when using APR named pipe support on Windows. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a pipe squatting attack from a local process.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103204 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
IBM Security SiteProtector System 3.0 and 3.1.1
Remediation/Fixes
The remediation for this issue is to apply the appropriate eXPress Update (XPU) for the SiteProtector Update Server component.
By default this component is automatically updated by SiteProtector. If not set to be automatically updated, the user can select the component from the SiteProtector Console Agent view and manually initiate the update. Please note that the same XPU version applies to both releases of SiteProtector.
For SiteProtector 3.0:
Update Server Component: UpdateServer_3_1_1_3.pkg
For SiteProtector 3.1.1:
Update Server Component: UpdateServer_3_1_1_3.pkg
This update is also available to be manualy downloaded from the IBM Security License Key and Download Center at https://ibmss.flexnetoperations.com/service/ibms/login
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
12 October Re-published with no changes
17 September 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:
16 June 2018
UID
swg21966039