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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Security Network Active Bypass (CVE-2015-5229, CVE-2015-8776)

Created by Edward A Romero on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/548259
548259

Security Bulletin


Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities were found in IBM Security Network Active Bypass. IBM Security Network Active Bypass has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-5229
DESCRIPTION:
GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the return of memory areas containing non-zero bytes by the calloc implementation. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash or hang.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110711 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2015-8776
DESCRIPTION:
GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a denial of service. By passing out-of-range time values to the strftime function, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a segmentation fault or obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110675 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security 1G Network Active Bypass firmware version 1.X firmware levels 1.0.849 through 3.30.4-12
IBM Security 10G Network Active Bypass firmware versions 1.x firmware levels 1.0.1876 through 3.30.4-12

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFRemediation/First Fix
IBM Security Proventia Network Active Bypass1.XProventia 1G NAB Update 20 (fw 3.30.5-21)
IBM Security Proventia Network Active Bypass1.X Proventia 10G NAB Update 17 (fw 3.30.5-21)


For IBM Security Proventia Network Active Bypass products at the following firmware versions:

IBM Security 1G Network Active Bypass firmware version 1.X firmware levels 1.0.849 through 3.30.4-12
IBM Security 10G Network Active Bypass firmware versions 1.x firmware levels 1.0.1876 through 3.30.4-12

IBM recommends upgrading to 3.30.5-21, the supported firmware release of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Change History

05 August 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:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21988051