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Security Bulletin: A vulneraqbility in Zlib affects IBM Cloud Application Performance Managment R esponse Time Monitoring Agent (CVE-2018-25032)

Security Bulletin


Summary

A vulneraqbility in Zlib affects IBM Cloud Application Performance Managment R esponse Time Monitoring Agent and IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions Web Response Time agent.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2018-25032
DESCRIPTION:   Zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory corruption in the deflate operation. By using many distant matches, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/222615 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions (Response Time)7.4.0.2
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management - Response Time Monitoring Agent8.1.4
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions (Response Time)7.4.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

 ProductProduct Version APAR Remediation / First Fix 
 IBM Cloud Application Performance Management - Response Time Monitoring Agent8.1.4 If you use the Response Time Monitoring Agent, the vulnerabilities can be remediated by applying the Response Time Monitoring Agent 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-RT-AGENT-IF0013 patch to all systems where this agent is installed:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FIBM+Application+Performance+Management+Advanced&fixids=8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-RT-AGENT-IF0013&source=SAR
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions (Response Time)7.4.0.1 7.4.0.1-TIV-CAMRT-IF0059
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FTivoli+Composite+Application+Manager+for+Transactions&fixids=7.4.0.1-TIV-CAMRT-IF0059&source=SAR 
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions (Response Time)7.4.0.2 7.4.0.2-TIV-CAMRT-IF0018
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FTivoli+Composite+Application+Manager+for+Transactions&fixids=7.4.0.2-TIV-CAMRT-IF0018&source=SAR

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Change History

05 Sep 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:
08 September 2022

Initial Publish date:
05 September 2022

UID

ibm16619075