Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM i Access for Windows is affected by vulnerabilities CVE-2015-2023 and CVE-2015-7422. These vulnerabilities affect the Windows system running the IBM i Access for Windows product.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-2023
DESCRIPTION: IBM i Access for Windows is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the Windows PC.
CVSS Base Score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/104044 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
CVEID: CVE-2015-7422
DESCRIPTION: IBM i Access for Windows vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the program to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107770 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
Release 7.1 of IBM i Access for Windows is affected.
Remediation/Fixes
The issue can be fixed by obtaining and applying the Service Pack SI57907.
The buffer overflow vulnerability can be remediated by applying Service Pack SI57907. The Service Pack is available at:
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/access/windows_sp.html
Release 7.1 of IBM i Access for Windows is supported and will be fixed.
Release 7.1 – SI57907
Important note: IBM recommends that all users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to supported and fixed version of affected products.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None known
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References
Acknowledgement
John Page (hyp3rlinx)
*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.
Disclaimer
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Document Information
Modified date:
18 December 2019
UID
nas8N1020996