Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM SmartCloud Entry is vulnerable to a nss-tuil vulnerability, attackers could exploit it to cause the application to crash.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-1950
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when the Network Security Services (NSS) libraries parsed certain ASN.1 structures. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted certificate, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111360 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM SmartCloud Entry 3.2 through Appliance fix pack 19
IBM SmartCloud Entry 3.1 through Appliance fix pack 19
Remediation/Fixes
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Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| IBM SmartCloud Entry | 3.1 | None | IBM SmartCloud Entry 3.1 Appliance fix pack 20: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Other%2Bsoftware&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+SmartCloud+Entry&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=+3.1.0.4-IBM-SCE_APPL-FP20+&includeSupersedes=0 |
| IBM SmartCloud Entry | 3.2 | None | IBM SmartCloud Entry 3.2 Appliance fix pack 20: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Other%2Bsoftware&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+SmartCloud+Entry&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=+3.2.0.4-IBM-SCE_APPL-FP20+&includeSupersedes=0 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
May 31, 2016: 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:
18 July 2020
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