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
OR
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
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)
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
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
06 May 2020
UID
ibm15690798