Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM DataPower gateways has addressed a vulnerability in SNMP parsing routines that could cause the SNMP daemon to crash or execute arbitrary code.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-5621
DESCRIPTION: Net-SNMP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by incompletely parsed varBind variables being left in the list of variables by the snmp_pdu_parse() function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/105232 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM DataPower Gateway appliances all versions through 6.0.0.17, 6.0.1.13, 7.0.0.10, 7.1.0.7 and 7.2.0.2
Remediation/Fixes
Fix is available in versions 6.0.0.18, 6.0.1.14, 7.0.0.11, 7.1.0.8 and 7.2.0.3. Refer to APAR IT11697 for URLs to download the fix.
You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.
For DataPower customers using versions 5.x and earlier versions, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
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References
Change History
5 February 2016: 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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
15 June 2018
UID
swg21975340