Security Bulletin
Summary
There is a vulnerability (CVE-2015-5621) in Net-SNMP, used by IBM Tivoli Netcool System Service Monitors/Application Service Monitors.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-5621
DESCRIPTION: Net-SNMP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by incompletely parsed varBind variables being left in the list of variables by the snmp_pdu_parse() function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/105232 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 Tivoli Netcool System Service Monitors/Application Service Monitors v4.0.1
Remediation/Fixes
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Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| 4.0.1.3-TIV-SSM-IF0002 | 4.0.1.3 (all platforms) | None | http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg400003784 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None known.
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References
Change History
28 Mar 2018 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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg22015063