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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in busybox affect IBM Security Network Protection (CVE-2014-4607, and CVE-2014-9645 )

Created by Rick Wu on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/551215
551215

Security Bulletin


Summary

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in busybox, which is used by IBM Security Network Protection.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-4607
DESCRIPTION:
Oberhumer LZO could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow in the lzo1x_decompress_safe() function when processing zero bytes. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94014 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2014-9645
DESCRIPTION:
Busybox could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error when parsing module names by the modprobe. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted basename to load arbitrary modules.
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100392 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.1
IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.2
IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.3

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFRemediation/First Fix
IBM Security Network ProtectionFirmware version 5.3.1Download Firmware 5.3.1.11 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.
IBM Security Network ProtectionFirmware version 5.3.2Install Firmware 5.3.2.5 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.
IBM Security Network ProtectionFirmware version 5.3.3Install Firmware 5.3.3.1 from the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface, or by performing a One Time Scheduled Installation from SiteProtector.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

21 November 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21990083