Security Bulletin
Summary
A vulnerability in libcURL was disclosed on September 10, 2015 by the cURL open source team as a fix in libcURL 7.43. libcURL 7.47.1, used by IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions, has addressed the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3237
DESCRIPTION: libcurl could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper bounds checking by the smb_request_state function. By sending specially-crafted length and offset values, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information from memory or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110062 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
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
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager (ITCAM) for Transactions is affected. ITCAM for Transactions contains multiple sub components (Agents). Only the Internet Service Monitoring component (ISM – Agent code ‘IS’) is affected.
Versions:
· 7.4 – Affected by CVE (CVE-2015-3237)
· 7.3 – Affected by CVE (CVE-2015-3237)
Remediation/Fixes
Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
7.4.0.1-TIV-CAMIS-IF0003 | 7.4.0.1 | None | http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400002582 |
7.3.0.1-TIV-CAMIS-IF0037 | 7.3.0.1 | None | http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400002628 |
For older versions of IBM Tivoli Composite Application manager for Transactions (eg 7.1 & 7.2), IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None known
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
16 Mar 2016 Original Version Published
12 Apr 2016 Added 7.3.0.1 Remediation/Fix Link
*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 Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21978942