Security Bulletin
Summary
Fixes a vulnerability reported in the zlib that is used by IBM Tivoli Monitoring for historical data collection (CVE-2018-25032).
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-25032
DESCRIPTION: Zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory corruption in the deflate operation. By using many distant matches, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/222615 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Tivoli Monitoring | 6.3.0 - 6.3.0.7 (up to 6.3.0.7 Service pack 12) |
Remediation/Fixes
| Fix | VRMF | Remediation/Fix |
| 6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM-SP0013 | 6.3.0.7 | IBM Tivoli Monitoring Service Pack 6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM-SP0013 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
30 Sep 2022: 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.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
30 December 2022
UID
ibm16825735