Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Curl used in OS image for RedHat Enterprise Linux for Cloud Pak System (CVE-2018-16842)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Vulnerability in Curl used in OS image for RedHat Enterprise Linux in Cloud Pak System. OS image for RedHat Enterprise Linux has addresssd vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-16842
DESCRIPTION: cURL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a heap-based buffer over-read in the display function in the command line tool. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152300 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Cloud Pak System	2.3
OS Image for RedHat Enterprise Linux	V3.0.10.0 V3.0.11.0 V3.0.12.0 V3.0.13.0

Remediation/Fixes

For Cloud Pak System V2.2.5 - V2.2.6, V2.3.0.1

for OS Image for Red Hat Linux using RHEL V7,

- from your VM run yum update as appropriate

Apply Cloud Pak System v2.3.1.1

Information on upgrading can be found here: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10887959

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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IBM Security Bulletin 878574 (BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM)

IBM Security Bulletin 882106 (Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot)

IBM Security Bulletin 870676 (Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM)

IBM Security Bulletin 744291 (VRA - Vyatta 5600)

IBM Security Bulletin 881996 (BigFix Platform)

Change History

14 Feb 2020: Initial Publication

*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.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Curl used in OS image for RedHat Enterprise Linux for Cloud Pak System (CVE-2018-16842)