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Security Bulletin: GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability affects IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System (CVE-2015-0235)

Description

## Summary GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability that has been referred to as GHOST affects IBM Security Netwoik Intrusion Prevention System. ## Vulnerability Details **CVEID: **[_CVE-2015-0235_](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2015-0235>) **DESCRIPTION: **glibc is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the __nss_hostname_digits_dots() function. By sending an invalid hostname argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash. CVSS Base Score: 7.6 CVSS Temporal Score: See [_https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100386_](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100386>) for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) ## Affected Products and Versions Products: GX3002, GX4002, GX4004, GX4004-v2, GX5008, GX5008-v2, GX5108, GX5108-v2, GX5208, GX5208-v2, GX6116, GX7412, GX7412-10, GX7412-05, GX7800, GV200, GV1000 Firmware versions: 4.6.2, 4.6.1, 4.6, 4.5, 4.4, and 4.3 ## Remediation/Fixes [_4.6.2.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0006_](<http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Security%2BSystems&product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FProventia+Network+Intrusion+Prevention+System&release=All&platform=All&function=all>) for all IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System products at Firmware version 4.6.2 [_4.6.1.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0010_](<http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Security%2BSystems&product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FProventia+Network+Intrusion+Prevention+System&release=All&platform=All&function=all>) for all IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System products at Firmware version 4.6.1 [_4.6.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0008_](<http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Security%2BSystems&product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FProventia+Network+Intrusion+Prevention+System&release=All&platform=All&function=all>) for all IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System products at Firmware version 4.6 [_4.5.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0010_](<http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Security%2BSystems&product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FProventia+Network+Intrusion+Prevention+System&release=All&platform=All&function=all>) for all IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System products at Firmware version 4.5 [_4.4.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0010_](<http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Security%2BSystems&product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FProventia+Network+Intrusion+Prevention+System&release=All&platform=All&function=all>) for all IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System products at Firmware version 4.4 [_4.3.0.0-ISS-ProvG-AllModels-System-FP0008_](<http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Security%2BSystems&product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FProventia+Network+Intrusion+Prevention+System&release=All&platform=All&function=all>) for all IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System products at Firmware version 4.3 ## Workarounds and Mitigations None ##


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
proventia network intrusion prevention system 4.3
proventia network intrusion prevention system 4.4
proventia network intrusion prevention system 4.5
proventia network intrusion prevention system 4.6
proventia network intrusion prevention system 4.6.1
proventia network intrusion prevention system 4.6.2

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