Security Bulletin: Security vulnerability has been identified in BigFix Platform shipped with IBM License Metric Tool and IBM BigFix Inventory (CVE-2016-2177)

Created by Oktawian Powązka on Fri, 04/28/2017 - 05:12

Security Bulletin

Summary

BigFix Platform is shipped with IBM License Metric Tool and IBM BigFix Inventory.
Information about a security vulnerability affecting BigFix Platform has been published in a security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-2177
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the incorrect use of pointer arithmetic for heap-buffer boundary checks. By leveraging unexpected malloc behavior, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an integer overflow and cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113890 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:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM License Metric Tool v9.x
IBM BigFix Inventory v9.x

Remediation/Fixes

Refer to the following security bulletin for vulnerability details and information about fixes addressed by BigFix Platform: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22001805

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Acknowledgement

The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Alberto Garcia Illera and Francisco Oca from Salesforce.com

Change History

28 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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Security Bulletin: Security vulnerability has been identified in BigFix Platform shipped with IBM License Metric Tool and IBM BigFix Inventory (CVE-2016-2177)