IBM Flex System Networking Switch Products have addressed the following vulnerabilities in libxml2.
Summary
IBM Flex System Networking Switch Products have addressed the following vulnerabilities in libxml2.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-9050
Description: libxml2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by a buffer over-read flaw in the xmlDictAddString function in dict.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/126277> for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2017-9049
Description: libxml2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by a buffer over-read flaw in the xmlDictComputeFastKey function in dict.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/126276> for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected products and versions
Product | Affected Version |
---|---|
IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch | 7.8 |
IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch | 7.8 |
What IBM Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module | 7.8 |
IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch | 7.8 |
Remediation/Fixes
Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/>
Product | Fixed Version |
---|---|
IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch | |
(ibm_fw_scsw_en4093r-7.8.18.0_anyos_noarch) | 7.8.18.0 |
IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch | |
(ibm_fw_scsw_cn4093-7.8.18.0_anyos_noarch) | 7.8.18.0 |
What IBM Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module | |
(ibm_fw_scsw_si4093-7.8.18.0_anyos_noarch) | 7.8.18.0 |
IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch | |
(ibm_fw_scsw_en2092-7.8.18.0_anyos_noarch) | 7.8.18.0 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
References
Related Information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Lenovo Product Security Advisories
Acknowledgement
None.
Change History
20 November, 2017: Original Version Published
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