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Security Bulletin: Access Manager Client in IBM DataPower Gateways is vulnerable to a denial of service attack.

Created by John Wray on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/558359
558359

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM DataPower Gateways has addressed a vulnerability in the ISAM Access Manager Client component that could cause a denial of service.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-3706
DESCRIPTION: GNU C Library (glibc or libc6) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow by the getaddrinfo function within sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114123 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM DataPower Gateways appliances versions 7.1.0.0-7.1.0.15, 7.2.0.0-7.2.0.12, 7.5.0.0-7.5.0.6, 7.5.1.0-7.5.1.5, 7.5.2.0-7.5.2.4

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM DataPower Gateway7.1.0.0-7.1.0.15IT20143 Apply firmware 7.1.0.16
IBM DataPower Gateway7.2.0.0-7.2.0.12IT20143 Apply firmware 7.2.0.13
IBM DataPower Gateway7.5.0.0-7.5.0.6IT20143 Apply firmware 7.5.0.7
IBM DataPower Gateway7.5.1.0 - 7.5.1.5IT20143 Apply firmware 7.5.1.6
IBM DataPower Gateway7.5.2.0 - 7.5.2.4IT20143 Apply firmware 7.5.2.5


Refer to APAR IT20143 for URLs to download the fix.

You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

For DataPower customers using versions 6.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

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

17 April 2017 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 August 2019

UID

swg22001789

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