Security Bulletin
Summary
International Components for Unicode (icu) is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVE.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow in UnicodeString::doAppend() function in common/unistr.cpp. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/177660 for the current score.
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
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| HMC V9.1.910.0 | V9.1.910.0 and above |
Remediation/Fixes
Remediation/Fixes
The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
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Product
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VRMF
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APAR
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Remediation/Fix
|
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Power HMC
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V9.1.940.3 SP1 ppc
|
MB04259
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Power HMC
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V9.1.940.3 SP1 x86_64
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MB04258
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Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Change History
08 Oct 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:
22 September 2021
UID
ibm16367183