Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Libcurl affects IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru Firmware and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter (CVE-2016-0755)

Summary

The switch firmware deliverables listed below have addressed the applicable NTP CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

The switch firmware deliverables listed below have addressed the applicable NTP CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0755

Description: Libcurl could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to check NTLM-authenticated proxy connections for reuse. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to use a proxy connection for a different authenticated client username.

CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110290&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected products and versions

Remediation/Fixes

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

You should verify applying the fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

References

• Complete CVSS V3 Guide
• On-line Calculator V3

Related Information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
07 July 2016: Original Version Published

• The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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