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Security Bulletin: IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) is affected by vulnerabilities in cURL (CVE-2018-14618 CVE-2018-16840 CVE-2018-16842)

Created by Barb Foss on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/870676
870676

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) has addressed the following vulnerabilities in cURL.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-14618
DESCRIPTION: cURL libcurl is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow flaw in the Curl_ntlm_core_mk_nt_hash internal function in the NTLM authentication code. By sending an overly long password, 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/149359
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-2018-16840
DESCRIPTION: cURL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a heap use-after-free flaw in the Curl_close function. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152299 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)

CVEID: CVE-2018-16842
DESCRIPTION: cURL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a heap-based buffer over-read in the display function in the command line tool. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152300 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Product

Affected Version

IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM)

2PET

Remediation/Fixes

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

Product

Fix Version

IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM)
(ibm_fw_cmm_2pet18a-2.5.14a_anyos_noarch)

2pet18a-2.5.14a

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
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Change History

26 March 2019: 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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Document Information

Modified date:
26 March 2019

UID

ibm10870676

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