Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in busybox affect IBM Security Network Protection (CVE-2014-4607, and CVE-2014-9645 )

Summary

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in busybox, which is used by IBM Security Network Protection.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-4607**
DESCRIPTION:** Oberhumer LZO could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow in the lzo1x_decompress_safe() function when processing zero bytes. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94014 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2014-9645**
DESCRIPTION:** Busybox could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error when parsing module names by the modprobe. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted basename to load arbitrary modules.
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100392 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.1
IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.2
IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.3

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
IBM Security Network Protection| Firmware version 5.3.1| Download Firmware 5.3.1.11 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.
IBM Security Network Protection| Firmware version 5.3.2| Install Firmware 5.3.2.5 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.
IBM Security Network Protection| Firmware version 5.3.3| Install Firmware 5.3.3.1 from the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface, or by performing a One Time Scheduled Installation from SiteProtector.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None