Security Bulletin
Summary
Vulnerability in Gnu Transport Layer Security (GnuTLS) affects IBM SmartCloud Provisioning 2.1 for IBM Provided Software Virtual Appliance (CVE-2014-3466).
Vulnerability Details
CVE ID: CVE-2014-3466
DESCRIPTION: The GnuTLS library provides support for cryptographic algorithms and for protocols such as Transport Layer Security (TLS). A flaw was found in the way GnuTLS parsed session IDs from ServerHello messages of the TLS/SSL handshake. malicious server might use this flaw to send an excessively long session ID value, which would trigger a buffer overflow in a connecting TLS/SSL client application using GnuTLS. This action then causes the client application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93542 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM SmartCloud Provisioning 2.1 for IBM Provided Software Virtual Appliance
Remediation/Fixes
The recommended solution is to download the IBM SmartCloud Provisioning 2.1 Fix Pack 5 for IBM Provided Software Virtual Appliance 2.1.0-TIV-ISCP-FP0005-SVA from Fix Central and apply it as soon as practical.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
First version published August 4th 2014
Updated Title and Summary: June 2015
*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:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21678776