Security Bulletin: IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) is affected by a giflib vulnerability (CVE-2016-3977)

Summary

A security vulnerability has been discovered in giflib that is embedded in the IBM FSM. This bulletin addresses this vulnerability

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-3977**
DESCRIPTION:** giflib is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by util/gif2rgb.c. By using a specially-crafted .gif file, 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/112618 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

Flex System Manager 1.3.4.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.3.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.2.x

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends updating the FSM using the instructions referenced in this table.

Product |

VRMF |

APAR |

Remediation
—|—|—|—
Flex System Manager|

1.3.4.x |

IT16217

| Install fsmfix1.3.4.0_IT16216_IT16217_IT16218_IT16219
Flex System Manager|

1.3.3.x |

IT16217

| Install fsmfix1.3.3.0_IT16216_IT16217_IT16218_IT16219
Flex System Manager|

1.3.2.x |

IT16217

| Install fsmfix1.3.2.0_IT16216_IT16217_IT16218_IT16219

For 1.1.x.x, 1.2.x.x, 1.3.0.x and 1.3.1.x IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None