Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in giflib affects IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) (CVE-2015-7555)

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-2015-7555**
DESCRIPTION:** giflib is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by giffix.c. By using a specially-crafted .gif file, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109149 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

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
Flex System Manager 1.3.1.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.0.x
Flex System Manager 1.2.x.x
Flex System Manager 1.1.x.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 |

IT14210

| Install fsmfix_1.3.4.0_IT14208_IT14210_IT14950
Flex System Manager|

1.3.3.x |

IT14210

| Install fsmfix_1.3.3.0_IT14208_IT14210_IT14950
Flex System Manager|

1.3.2.x |

IT14210

| Install fsmfix_1.3.2.0_IT14208_IT14210_IT14950
Flex System Manager|

1.3.1.x |

IT14210

| IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release and following the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager|

1.3.0.x |

IT14210

| IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release and following the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager|

1.2.x.x |

IT14210

| IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release and following the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager|

1.1.x.x |

IT14210

| IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release and following the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.