Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in icu affects IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) (CVE-2014-9654)

Summary

A security vulnerability has been discovered in icu that is embedded in the IBM FSM. This bulletin addresses this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-9654**
DESCRIPTION:** ICU could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper size limit checks when handling regular expressions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially crafted data to execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause the application using ICU to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110456 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Flex System Manager 1.3.4.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.3.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.2.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.1.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.0.x
Flex System Manager 1.2.x.x
Flex System Manager 1.1.x.x

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends updating the FSM using the instructions referenced in this table.

Product |

VRMF |

APAR |

Remediation
—|—|—|—
Flex System Manager|

1.3.4.x |

IT14950

| Install fsmfix_1.3.4.0_IT14208_IT14210_IT14950
Flex System Manager|

1.3.3.x |

IT14950

| Install fsmfix_1.3.3.0_IT14208_IT14210_IT14950
Flex System Manager|

1.3.2.x |

IT14950

| Install fsmfix_1.3.2.0_IT14208_IT14210_IT14950
Flex System Manager|

1.3.1.x |

IT14950

| IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release and following the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager|

1.3.0.x |

IT14950

| IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release and following the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager|

1.2.x.x |

IT14950

| IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release and following the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager|

1.1.x.x |

IT14950

| IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release and following the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None