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 | VRMF | Remediation/First Fix |
| IBM Security Network Controller | 1.0.X | Proventia NSC Update 14 (fw 1.0.4000) |
| IBM Security Network Controller | 1.0.X | Proventia 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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References
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