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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References
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Document Information
Modified date:
30 January 2019
UID
ibm1MIGR-5099541