Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM has addressed the following CVE: CVE-2017-16231
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-16231
DESCRIPTION: PCRE is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer overflow in the match function in pcre_exec.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/154726 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected | Version(s) |
| IBM DataPower Gateway | 2018.4.1.0-2018.4.1.9 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
17 Mar 2020: Initial Publication
*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 Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
08 June 2021
Initial Publish date:
17 March 2020
UID
ibm16091024