Security Bulletin: Memory dump from Modeler executables contains cleartext strings (CVE-2015-4991)

Summary

IBM SPSS Modeler store plain text data in memory dumps, which could allow a local attacker to obtain information to aid in further attacks against the system.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-4991 DESCRIPTION: IBM SPSS Modeler store plain text data in memory dumps, which could allow a local attacker to obtain information to aid in further attacks against the system.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/105955 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SPSS Modeler 14.2 FP3 IF 027 and earlier
IBM SPSS Modeler 15 FP3 IF 015 and earlier
IBM SPSS Modeler 16 FP2 IF 012 and earlier
IBM SPSS Modeler 17 FP1 IF 018 and earlier
IBM SPSS Modeler 17.1 IF 008 and earlier

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| APAR| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
IBM SPSS Modeler| 14.2.0.3| PI46224| SPSS Modeler 14.2 Fix Pack 3 Interim Fix 028
IBM SPSS Modeler| 15.0.0.3| PI46224| SPSS Modeler 15.0 Fix Pack 3 Interim Fix 016
IBM SPSS Modeler| 16.0.0.2| PI46224| SPSS Modeler 16.0 Fix Pack 2 Interim Fix 013
IBM SPSS Modeler| 17.0.0.1| PI46224| SPSS Modeler 17.0 Fix Pack 1 Interim Fix 019
IBM SPSS Modeler| 17.1.0.0| PI46224| SPSS Modeler 17.1 Interim Fix 009

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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