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Security Bulletin: IBM Flex System switch firmware products are affected by a vulnerability in glibc (CVE-2021-35942)

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Summary

The following vulnerability in glibc has been addressed by IBM Flex System switch firmware products.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-35942
DESCRIPTION:   GNU C Library (aka glibc) could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw when called with an untrusted, crafted pattern in thewordexp function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain read arbitrary memory in parse_param (in posix/wordexp.c), or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/206317 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected ProductsVersion
IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch 7.8
IBM Flex System Fabric SI4093 GbFSIM 10Gb Scalable Switch7.8
IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093/EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch 7.8
IBM Flex System CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch 7.8

Remediation/Fixes

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

ProductsFix Version

IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch firmware

(ibm_fw_scsw_en2092-7.8.32.0_anyos_noarch)

7.8.32.0

IBM Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module firmware

(ibm_fw_scsw_si4093-7.8.32.0_anyos_noarch)

7.8.32.0

IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093/EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch firmware

(ibm_fw_scsw_en4093r-7.8.32.0_anyos_noarch)

7.8.32.0

IBM Flex System CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch firmware

(ibm_fw_scsw_cn4093-7.8.32.0_anyos_noarch)

7.8.32.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

02 Jun 2022: 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:
02 June 2022

Initial Publish date:
02 June 2022

UID

ibm16591509