Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Security Guardium has addressed the following vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2019-14898
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a race condition in between mmget_not_zero()/get_task_mm() and core dumping. By using a specially-crafted system call, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to crash or obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175727 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H)
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a race condition in between mmget_not_zero()/get_task_mm() and core dumping. By using a specially-crafted system call, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to crash or obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175727 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Security Guardium | 11.0 |
| IBM Security Guardium | 11.1 |
Remediation/Fixes
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Product
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VRMF
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Remediation / First Fix
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| IBM Security Guardium | 11.0 | http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=11.0&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_11.0p30_Bundle_Aug-25-2020&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc | |||
| IBM Security Guardium | 11.1 |
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Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
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Acknowledgement
Change History
01 Jun 2020: Initial Publication
01 Sep 2020: Second 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.
Disclaimer
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
09 October 2020
UID
ibm16220128