Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM System Networking Switch products have addressed the following vulnerability in libxml2.
Vulnerability Details
Summary
IBM System Networking Switch products have addressed the following vulnerability in libxml2.
Vulnerability Details
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8710
Description: Libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds memory access when parsing an unclosed HTML comment. By not closing out an HTML comment, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an out-of-bounds read and cause the system to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110076
for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected Version |
|---|---|
| IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093/EN4093R 10Gb
Scalable Switch (ibm_fw_scsw_en4093r-7.8.13.50_anyos_noarch) |
7.8.13.50 |
| IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged
Scalable Switch (ibm_fw_scsw_cn4093-7.8.13.0_anyos_noarch) |
7.8.13.0 |
| IBM Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect
Module (ibm_fw_scsw_si4093-7.8.13.0_anyos_noarch) |
7.8.13.0 |
| IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable
Switch (ibm_fw_scsw_en2092-7.8.13.0_anyos_noarch) |
7.8.13.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
| Product | Fix Version |
|---|---|
| IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable
Switch (ibm_fw_scsw_en4093r-7.8.14.0_anyos_noarch) |
7.8.14.0 |
| IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged
Scalable Switch (ibm_fw_scsw_cn4093-7.8.14.0_anyos_noarch) |
7.8.14.0 |
| IBM Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect
Module (ibm_fw_scsw_si4093-7.8.14.0_anyos_noarch) |
7.8.14.0 |
| IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable
Switch (ibm_fw_scsw_en2092-7.8.14.0_anyos_noarch) |
7.8.14.0 |
You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
References
Related Information
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Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security
Incident Response Blog
Acknowledgement
None.
Change History
22 July 2016: Original Version Published
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References
*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 Information
Modified date:
30 January 2019
UID
ibm1MIGR-5099442