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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in GNU C Library affects IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch firmware (CVE-2016-1234)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/868646
868646

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware has addressed the following vulnerability in GNU C Library.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware has addressed the following vulnerability in GNU C Library.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2016-1234

Description: glibc is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow within the glob implementation when GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC is used. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an overly long name to overflow a buffer and cause the application to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111311 for the 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 EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware 3.3-3.5

Remediation/Fixes:

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

Product Fixed Version
IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware
mlnx_fw_ppc_m460ex-sx-3.6.2002_anyos_noarch
3.6.2002

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None

References:

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

Acknowledgement

None

Change History
02 February 2017: Original Copy Published
09 February 2017: Revised Remediation/Fixes table.

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Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

PureFlex System and Flex System:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 January 2019

UID

ibm1MIGR-5099541