Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru has addressed the following vulnerabilities in cURL.
Vulnerability Details
Summary
IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru has addressed the following vulnerabilities in cURL.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-8816
Description: cURL libcurl is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow flaw in the NTLM authentication feature. By using vectors involving long user and password fields, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code and cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/135657
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2017-8817
Description: cURL libcurl could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an out-of-bounds read flaw in the FTP wildcard matching function (CURLOPT_WILDCARDMATCH). By using a string that ends with an ''['' character, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to redirect the victim to an arbitrary site.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/135658
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:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2017-8818
Description: cURL libcurl is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds access flaw in the SSL library. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/135659
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:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Product | Affected Version |
|---|---|
| IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch & SAN Pass-thru | 9.1 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Product | Fix Version |
|---|---|
| IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch & SAN
Pass-thru (qlgc_fw_flex_9.1.13.02.00_anyos_noarch) |
9.1.13.02.00 |
Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
References
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Acknowledgement
None
Change History
15 June 2018: Original Copy Published
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Modified date:
30 January 2019
UID
ibm1MIGR-5099811