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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in GNU grep affect IBM SmartCloud Provisioning for IBM Software Virtual Appliance (CVE-2015-1345, CVE-2012-5667)

Created by Shyamala Rajagopalan on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/599167
599167

Security Bulletin


Summary

Multiple vulnerability in GNU grep affect IBM SmartCloud Provisioning for IBM Software Virtual Appliance.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-1345
DESCRIPTION: GNU grep is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by an error in kwset.c. A remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101351 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2012-5667
DESCRIPTION: GNU grep is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow when parsing very long lines. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80811 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SmartCloud Provisioning 2.1 for IBM Software Virtual Appliance

Remediation/Fixes

If you are running IBM SmartCloud Provisioning 2.1 for IBM Software Virtual Appliance, contact IBM support.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

* 11 February 2016: Original copy 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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Internal Use Only

CVE IDs: CVE-2015-1345, CVE-2012-5667

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg2C1000040

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