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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Network Security (NSS) and Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) affect IBM SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family (CVE-2015-7181 CVE-2015-7182 CVE-2015-7183)

Created by Colin Jewell on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/691099
691099

Security Bulletin


Summary

Vulnerabilities in Network Security (NSS) and Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) affect the IBM SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family. Though the CVE descriptions below document the vunerbilities in the context of the Mozilla product, the IBM SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family of products have resolved the vulnerabilities in the context in which these underlying services (NSS and NSPR) are used by these products.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-7181
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-poison in the sec_asn1d_parse_leaf() function. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107814 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2015-7182
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when decoding constructed OCTET STRING. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107815 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2015-7183
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an integer overflow in the Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) in PL_ARENA_ALLOCATE. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107816 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SAN Volume Controller
IBM Storwize V7000
IBM Storwize V5000
IBM Storwize V3700
IBM Storwize V3500

All products are affected when running supported releases 1.1 to 7.6 except for versions 7.4.0.9, 7.5.0.7, 7.6.0.4, 7.6.1.1 and above.

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends that you fix this vulnerability by upgrading affected versions of IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize V7000, V5000, V3700 and V3500 to the following code level or higher:

7.4.0.9
7.5.0.7
7.6.0.4
7.6.1.1

Latest SAN Volume Controller Code
Latest Storwize V7000 Code
Latest Storwize V5000 Code
Latest Storwize V3700 Code
Latest Storwize V3500 Code

Workarounds and Mitigations

Although IBM recommends that you install a level of code with a fix for this vulnerability, you can mitigate, although not eliminate, your risk until you have done so by ensuring that all users who have access to the system are authenticated by another security system such as a firewall.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

8 Feb 2016: First draft

*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:
28 March 2023

UID

ssg1S1005668

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