Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in GNU C Library (glibc) affects IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CVE-2014-9761 CVE-2015-8777)

Summary

IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) has addressed the following vulnerabilities in GNU C Library (glibc).

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) has addressed the following vulnerabilities in GNU C Library (glibc).

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9761

Description: GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the nan function. By sending an overly long string, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111085&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8777

Description: GNU C Library (glibc or libc6) could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error in elf/rtld.c. By using a zero value of the LD_POINTER_GUARD environment variable, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access restrictions.

CVSS Base Score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109775&gt; for 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:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes:

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

You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None

References:

• Complete CVSS v3 Guide
• On-line Calculator v3

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

Acknowledgement

None

Change History
06 July 2016: Original Copy 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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