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Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Expat affects HTTP Server shipped with Cloud Orchestrator and Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise (CVE-2016-4472, CVE-2016-0718)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/619359
619359

Security Bulletin


Summary

Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities with Expat may affect IBM HTTP Server.
This issue has been addressed by IBM HTTP Server shipped with IBM Cloud Orchestrator and IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise edition.
Additionally, the issue has been identified in IBM Tivoli Monitoring that is shipped with IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise edition.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-4472
DESCRIPTION: Expat XML parser is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the removal by compilers with certain optimization settings. By using a specially-crafted XML data, 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/114683 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)

CVEID: CVE-2016-0718
DESCRIPTION: Expat is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when processing malformed XML data. By using the Expat library, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the victim or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113408 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Principal Product and Version(s)

Affected Supporting Product and Version
IBM Cloud Orchestrator V2.5, V2.5.0.1, V2.5.0.2IBM HTTP Server 8.5.5
IBM Cloud Orchestrator V2.4, V2.4.0.1, V2.4.0.2, V2.4.0.3, 2.4.0.4IBM HTTP Server 8.5
IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise Edition V2.5, V2.5.0.1, V2.5.0.2IBM HTTP Server 8.5.5
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0.2
IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise Edition V2.4, V2.4.0.1, V2.4.0.2, V2.4.0.3, 2.4.0.4IBM HTTP Server 8.5
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0.2
IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise Edition V2.3IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

This issue has been addressed by IBM Cloud Orchestrator Standard and Enterprise Edition and IBM HTTP Server which is shipped with IBM Cloud Orchestrator and IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise Edition.

Fix delivery details for IBM Cloud Orchestrator and Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise:

ProductVRMFRemediation/First Fix
IBM Cloud Orchestrator and Cloud Orchestrator EnterpriseV2.5, V2.5.0.1, V2.5.0.2For 2.5 versions, upgrade to Fix Pack 3 (2.5.0.3) of IBM Cloud Orchestrator.

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27045667
V2.4, V2.4.0.1, V2.4.0.2, V2.4.0.3, Upgrade to Fix Pack 4 (2.4.0.4) 2.4.0.4
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27045667
Apply fix as per IBM HTTP Server 8.5 bulletin. See IBM HTTP Server 8.5
V2.4.0.4Apply fix as per IBM HTTP Server 8.5 bulletin. See IBM HTTP Server 8.5

Refer to the following security bulletins for vulnerability details and information about fixes addressed by IBM HTTP Server, which is shipped with IBM Cloud Orchestrator.

Principal Product and Version(s)Affected Supporting Product and VersionAffected Supporting Product Security Bulletin
IBM Cloud Orchestrator V2.5, V2.5.0.1, V2.5.0.2
    IBM HTTP Server 8.5.5
IBM Cloud Orchestrator V2.4, V2.4.0.1, V2.4.0.2, V2.4.0.3, V2.4.0.4
    IBM HTTP Server 8.5

Refer to the following security bulletins for vulnerability details and information about fixes addressed by IBM HTTP Server and IBM Tivoli Monitoring which are shipped with IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise edition:

Principal Product and Version(s)Affected Supporting Product and VersionAffected Supporting Product Security Bulletin
IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise Edition V2.5, V2.5.0.1, V2.5.0.2
    IBM HTTP Server 8.5.5
IBM HTTP Server 8.5.5
IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise Edition V2.4, V2.4.0.1, V2.4.0.2, V2.4.0.3, V2.4.0.4
    IBM HTTP Server 8.5
IBM HTTP Server 8.5
IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise Edition V2.5, V2.5.0.1, V2.5.0.2, V2.4.0.1, V2.4.0.2, V2.4.0.3, V2.4.0.4
    IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0.2
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0.2
IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise Edition V2.3, V2.3.0.1
    IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0.1
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0.1

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

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

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Internal Use Only

CVE-IDs: CVE-2012-0876, CVE-2012-1148, CVE-2016-4472, CVE-2016-0876

Note: Update Due : 30 June 2017 with Fixpack

Advisory: 6130

Record: r82295

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg2C1000234

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