Security Bulletin: GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability affects IBM Systems Director Storage Control (CVE-2015-0235)

Vulnerability Details

Abstract

GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability that has been referred to as GHOST affects IBM Systems Director Storage Control.

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0235

Description: The gethostbyname functions of the GNU C Library (glibc) are vulnerable to a buffer overflow. By sending a specially crafted, but valid hostname argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the targeted process or cause the process to crash. The impact of an attack depends on the implementation details of the targeted application or operating system. This issue is being referred to as the "Ghost" vulnerability.

CVSS Base Score: 7.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/100386 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected products and versions

From the IBM System Director command line enter smcli lsver to determine the level of IBM System Director installed.

Remediation/Fixes:

Follow the instructions mentioned under http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/ and search for Tech note 734230724

Once updates have been applied, any process using glibc will need to be restarted. Given that nearly all system processes use glibc, rebooting after upgrading is suggested.

IBM recommends that you review your entire environment to identify vulnerable releases of glibc including your Operating Systems and take appropriate mitigation and remediation actions.

Please contact your Operating System provider for more information.

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None.

Reference:

• Complete CVSS Guide
• On-line Calculator V2

Related Information:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
23 February 2015: Original Copy Published

* 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 Flash.

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