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Security Bulletin: IBM RackSwitch firmware products are affected by vulnerabilities in Python

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/875362
875362

Security Bulletin


Summary

Vulnerabilities in Python have been addressed by IBM RackSwitch firmware products listed below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1060
DESCRIPTION: Python is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by catastrophic backtracking in the pop3lib''s apop() method. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145116 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:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1061
DESCRIPTION: Python is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by catastrophic backtracking in the difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145115 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:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-14647
DESCRIPTION: Python is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the elementtree C accelerator. By using a specially-crafted XML document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a resource exhaustion.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150579 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-2016-5636
DESCRIPTION: zipimport module for Python is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the get_data() function in zipimport.c. A remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114309 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:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM RackSwitch G8264

7.9

IBM RackSwitch G8264

7.11

Remediation/Fixes

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

Product

Fix Version

IBM RackSwitch G8264
(G8264_Image_7.9.24.0)

7.9.24.0

IBM RackSwitch G8264
(G8264_Image_7.11.14.0)

7.11.14.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Lenovo Product Security Advisories

Change History

12 March 2019: Initial 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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Internal Use Only

Reference 19A  PSIRT records:   13688/126167, 7760/132208, 12489/132210

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Document Information

Modified date:
12 March 2019

UID

ibm10875362

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