Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in glibc affects Power Hardware Management Console (CVE-2016-3075)

Summary

glibc is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-3075**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the nss_dns implementation of the getnetbyname function. By sending an overly long string, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113796 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Power HMC V8.8.6.0

Remediation/Fixes

The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: <http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

Product

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VRMF

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APAR

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Remediation/Fix

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Power HMC

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V8.8.6.0 SP1

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MB04041

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MH01656

Workarounds and Mitigations

None