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Security Bulletin: IBM SONAS security vulnerabilities related to Mozilla Firefox (CVE-2014-1562, CVE-2014-1567)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/690029
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Security Bulletin


Summary

There are security vulnerabilities in versions of Mozilla Firefox that are shipped with versions 1.3.0.0 to 1.4.3.3 of IBM SONAS.

Vulnerability Details


CVEID:
CVE-2014-1562
CVE-2014-1567

DESCRIPTION:
IBM SONAS is shipped with Mozilla Firefox, although Firefox is not used during normal use of IBM SONAS. There are vulnerabilities in certain versions of Mozilla Firefox shipped in certain versions of IBM SONAS. This vulnerability concerns the potential ability of a remote attacker to exploit a memory bug or use-after-free during text layout exposure to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.

CVE-2014-1562
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/95654 for the current score

CVE-2014-1567
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/95661 for the current score

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SONAS code releases 1.3.0.0 to 1.4.3.4 use versions of Firefox affected by these vulnerabilities.

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends that you fix these vulnerabilities by upgrading affected versions of IBM SONAS to version 1.4.3.5 of IBM SONAS or higher. IBM has remediated these vulnerabilities in SONAS 1.4.3.5 by using a version of Firefox that is free of these vulnerabilities.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Workaround(s) :
Normal operation of IBM SONAS does not require or call for customers to use Firefox to access the Internet. Although IBM recommends that you install a level of IBM SONAS code with a fix, you can avoid these vulnerabilities by not using Mozilla Firefox within your IBM SONAS system to access the Internet.

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References

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

*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 Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

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