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Security Bulletin: Security Vulnerabilities in GNU glibc affect IBM Cloud Pak for Data - GNU glibc (CVE-2020-1751)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Security Vulnerabilities in GNU glibc affect IBM Cloud Pak for Data - GNU glibc (CVE-2020-1751)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-1751
DESCRIPTION:   GNU glibc could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds write when handling signal trampolines on PowerPC. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180052 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
CP4D2.5
(Not Applicable)
CP4D3.0

Remediation/Fixes

  • Users of IBM Cloud Pak for Data V3.0.0 and V3.0.1 are advised to:
        Apply IBM Cloud Pak for Data V3.0.1 cpd-3.0.1-lite-patch-7 (Available Jan 19, 2021)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

Off

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1751

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

Change History

10 Dec 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
12 January 2021

UID

ibm16381220

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