IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x, Flex and BladeCenter Systems has addressed the following vulnerabilities in Ncurses.
Summary
IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x, Flex
and BladeCenter Systems has addressed the following vulnerabilities
in Ncurses.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-13731
Description: Ncurses is vulnerable to a denial
of service, caused by an illegal address access in the
postprocess_termcap function in parse_entry.c. By using a
specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this
vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131059
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2017-13730
Description: Ncurses is vulnerable to a denial
of service, caused by an illegal address access in the
_nc_read_entry_source function in progs/tic.c. By using a
specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this
vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131057
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2017-16879
Description: Ncurses is vulnerable to a denial
of service, caused by stack-based buffer overflow in the
_nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c. By persuading a
victim to open a specially crafted terminfo file, an remote
attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application
to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/135309
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:L)
CVEID: CVE-2017-13733
Description: Ncurses is vulnerable to a denial
of service, caused by an illegal address access in the fmt_entry
function in progs/dump_entry.c. By using a specially-crafted file,
a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the
application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131061
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2017-13732
Description: Ncurses is vulnerable to a denial
of service, caused by an illegal address access in the dump_uses
function in progs/dump_entry.c. By using a specially-crafted file,
a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the
application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131060
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2017-13729
Description: Ncurses is vulnerable to a denial
of service, caused by an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str
function in alloc_entry.c. By using a specially-crafted file, a
remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the
application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31056
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2017-13728
Description: GNU ncurses is vulnerable to a
denial of service, caused by an error in the next_char function in
comp_scan.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted
file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause
the application to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131172
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Product |
Affected Version |
| IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for
System x and Flex Systems |
1AOO |
| IBM Integrated Management Module II
(IMM2) for BladeCenter Systems |
1AOO |
Remediation/Fixes
Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/.
It is recommended to update to the firmware level listed below,
or a later version.
| Product |
Fix Version |
IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for
System x and Flex Systems
(ibm_fw_imm2_1aoo82e-6.60_anyos_noarch) |
1AOO82E-6.60 |
IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for
BladeCenter Systems
(ibm_fw_imm2_1aoo82e-6.60-bc_anyos_noarch) |
1AOO82E-6.60-bc |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
References
Related Information
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Product Security Advisories
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
19 March 2018: Original Copy Published
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BladeCenter:Operating system independent / None
System x:Operating system independent / None
PureFlex System and Flex System:Operating system independent / None
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