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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in libxml2 affect IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM)

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https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/868698
868698

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM) has addressed the following vulnerabilities in libxml2.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM) has addressed the following vulnerabilities in libxml2.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2016-9318

Description: Libxml2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by failure to offer a flag directly indicating the status of current document. By using a specially-crafted document to conduct an XML external entity (XXE) attack, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.

CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119018 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-9597

Description: libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow prior to detecting an invalid XML file. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted XML file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121309 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Product Affected Version
IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM) BPET

Remediation/Fixes:

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

Product Fix Version
IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module
(ibm_fw_amm_bpet68c-3.68c)
BPET68C-3.68C

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
17 May 2017: Original Copy Published

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Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

BladeCenter:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 April 2023

UID

ibm1MIGR-5099573