Security Bulletin: Security vulnerability has been identified in BigFix Platform shipped with IBM License Metric Tool and IBM BigFix Inventory (CVE-2016-2177)

Summary

BigFix Platform is shipped with IBM License Metric Tool and IBM BigFix Inventory.
Information about a security vulnerability affecting BigFix Platform has been published in a security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-2177**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the incorrect use of pointer arithmetic for heap-buffer boundary checks. By leveraging unexpected malloc behavior, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an integer overflow and cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113890 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM License Metric Tool v9.x IBM BigFix Inventory v9.x

Remediation/Fixes

Refer to the following security bulletin for vulnerability details and information about fixes addressed by BigFix Platform: <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22001805&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None