Security Bulletin
Summary
A utility shipped as part of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) Shared Libraries ("ax" component) is subject to a buffer overflow.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-2946
DESCRIPTION: IBM Tivoli Monitoring Agent is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. With specially crafted input, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113592 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
The Shared Libraries ("ax" component) versions 6.2.2 through 6.3.0 FP1 on UNIX and Linux are affected. The Shared Libraries are shipped as part of all ITM components including servers (e.g. portal server, monitoring server) as well as all ITM agents (e.g. OS Agents, Agentless Agents, ITCAM Agents)
The shared libraries on Windows ("GL" component) is not affected on any supported versions.
Remediation/Fixes
The patches below update the Shared Libraries ("ax" component) which is shipped as part of all ITM components on UNIX and Linux.
The technote Upgrading Shared Components for IBM Tivoli Monitoring Agents provides information on updating Shared Libraries.
| Fix | VRMF | How to acquire fix |
| 6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP0002 (and above) | 6.3.0 | IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0 Fix packs. |
| 6.2.3-TIV-ITM-FP0005-IV85845 | 6.2.3 | IBM Tivoli Monitoring Shared Libraries Upgrade (IV85845) |
| 6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0009-IV85845 | 6.2.2 |
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References
Acknowledgement
This vulnerability reported to IBM by Mathijs Schmittmann
Change History
2016-08-09 : Original Copy 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
Adv 5458 (76911)
Product Synonym
ITM
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21984578