Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in PHP affect IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module

Summary

IBM Chassis Management Module has addressed the following vulnerabilities in PHP.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM Chassis Management Module has addressed the following vulnerabilities in PHP.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8935

Description: PHP is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the header() function with Internet Explorer. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.

CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114314&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5769

Description: PHP is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow when mcrypt_generic try to calculate data_size. By sending an overly long argument, 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 <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114389&gt; for 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

Remediation/Fixes

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

References

• Complete CVSS V3 Guide
• On-line Calculator V3

Related Information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Lenovo Product Security Advisories

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
29 December, 2016: Original Version Published

• 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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