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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Glibc affect IBM Security Network Controller (CVE-2015-5229, CVE-2015-8776)

Created by Edward A Romero on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/549619
549619

Security Bulletin


Summary

Glibc vulnerabilities were found in IBM Security Network Controller. IBM Security Network Controller 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 Network Controller 1.0.X

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFRemediation/First Fix
IBM Security Network Controller1.0.XProventia NSC Update 14 (fw 1.0.4000)
IBM Security Network Controller1.0.XProventia NSC Update 14 (fw 1.0.4000M)

for IBM Security Network Controller products at Firmware versions 1.X

IBM recommends upgrading to 1.0.4000M/1.0.4000 depending on current firmware installed. Update 1.0.4000M and 1.0.4000 are the supported firmware release of the product.

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Change History

Original publish date: August 19, 2016

*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

swg21988977