Security Bulletin: Multiple Mozilla Firefox vulnerability issues in IBM Storwize V7000 Unified

Summary

There are security vulnerabilities in versions of Mozilla Firefox that are shipped with versions 1.5.1.0 to 1.5.2.5 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified

Vulnerability Details

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified is shipped with Mozilla Firefox. There are vulnerabilities in certain versions of Mozilla Firefox shipped in certain versions of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. These vulnerabilities concern the potential ability of a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.

CVEID: CVE-2017-5373**
DESCRIPTION:** Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by memory safety bugs within the browser engine. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121254 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-5375**
DESCRIPTION:** Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a JIT code allocation flaw. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass address space layout randomization (ASLR) and data execution prevention (DEP) security features.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121255 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:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-5376**
DESCRIPTION:** Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free in XSL when processing XSLT documents. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121256 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-5378**
DESCRIPTION:** Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using shared hash codes to obtain an object’s address.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121258 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-5380**
DESCRIPTION:** Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free when processing SVG content. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121260 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-5383**
DESCRIPTION:** Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specific unicode glyphs for alternative hyphens and quotes to spoof location bar content.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121266 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:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-5386**
DESCRIPTION:** Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted WebExtension script to invoke the ‘data:’ protocol and obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121269 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-5390**
DESCRIPTION:** Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using insecure methods to copy and view JSON or HTTP headers data.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121261 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-5396**
DESCRIPTION:** Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free in Media Decoder. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121263 for the current score

CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
The product is affected when running code releases 1.5.1.0 to 1.5.2.5.

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for these issues is in version 1.5.2.6 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. Customers running an affected version of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified should upgrade to 1.5.2.6 or a later version, so that the fix gets applied.

Latest Storwize V7000 Unified Software

Workarounds and Mitigations

Workaround(s) :
Normal operation of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified does not require or call for customers to use Firefox to access the Internet. Although IBM recommends that you install a level of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified code with a fix, you can avoid these vulnerabilities by not using Mozilla Firefox within your IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system to access the Internet.