IBM0DA5FBD035940C274A561B4283E2D946C0B04B75D92F8B18578378FD804E8787Security Bulletin: IBM DataPower Gateway is potentially vulnerable to a DoS issue when processing regular expressions (CVE-2017-16231)
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
28.8%
Summary
IBM has addressed the following CVE: CVE-2017-16231
Vulnerability Details
CVEID:CVE-2017-16231
**DESCRIPTION:**PCRE is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer overflow in the match function in pcre_exec.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/154726 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected | Version(s) |
|---|---|
| IBM DataPower Gateway | 2018.4.1.0-2018.4.1.9 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) | APAR |
|---|---|---|
| IBM DataPower Gateway | 2018.4.1.10 | IT32084 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibm datapower gateway | ge | 2018.4.1.0 | |
| ibm datapower gateway | le | 2018.4.1.9 |
Related
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
28.8%