Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in cURL/libcURL affect IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM Chassis Management Module has addressed the following vulnerabilities in cURL/libcURL.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5419

Description: cURL/libcURL could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to check the TLS connection server certificates. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access restrictions.

CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/115804 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:L/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5420

Description: cURL/libcURL could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to check the TLS connection server certificates. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access restrictions.

CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/115805 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:L/A:N)

Affected products and versions

Remediation/Fixes

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

References

• Complete CVSS V3 Guide
• On-line Calculator V3

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

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
29 December, 2016: Original Version 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 Security Bulletin.

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