Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Open Source Binutils and Open Source OpenSSL affect IBM Netezza Analytics

Summary

Open Source Binutils and OpenSSL is used by IBM Netezza Analytics. IBM Netezza Analytics has addressed the applicable CVEs

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-9939**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow in ihex.c. By using a specially-crafted ihex file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/127317 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-8394**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_elf_large_com_section in libbfd. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125529 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-8393**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a global buffer over-read error in SHT_REL/SHR_RELA sections in libbfd. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125528 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-7302**
DESCRIPTION:** Libbfd library for GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an invalid read flaw in the swap_std_reloc_out function in bfd/aoutx.h. By using a specially-crafted binary, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause Binutils utilities like strip to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124108 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-7227**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to multiple heap-based buffer overflows, caused by improper bounds checking by GNU linker (ld). By using a specially-crafted input script, an attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the program to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123655 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-7224**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the find_nearest_line function in objdump. By using a specially-crafted binary, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the program to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123652 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-7223**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a global buffer overflow in the GNU assembler. By using EOF characters, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the program to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123651 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-7210**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutilsis vulnerable to multiple heap-based buffer overflows, caused by improper bounds checking by objdump. By using a specially-crafted object file, an attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the program to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123537 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2017-7226**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to multiple heap-based buffer overflows, caused by improper bounds checking by pe_ILF_object_p function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. By using a specially-crafted file, an attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the program to crash and potentially obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123654 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-7225**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the find_nearest_line function in addr2line. By using a specially-crafted binary, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the program to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123653 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-9044**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the print_symbol_for_build_attribute function in readelf.c. By using a specially-crafted ELF file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/126188 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2017-9043**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the readelf.c. By using a specially-crafted ELF file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/126189 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2017-9042**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the readelf.c. By using a specially-crafted ELF file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/126190 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2017-9040**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the process_mips_specific function in readelf.c. By using a specially-crafted ELF file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/126192 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2017-8421**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak in the coff_set_alignment_hook function in coffcode.h. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted PE file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause memory exhaustion in objdump.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125745 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-8398**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an invalid read of size 1 error in dwarf.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125533 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-8396**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an invalid read of size 1 error in libbfd. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125531 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-9954**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper bounds checking by the getvalue function in tekhex.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. By persuading a victim to open a specially-rafted tekhex file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the program to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/127718 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-9754**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper bounds checking by the process_otr function in bfd/versados.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted binary file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the program to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/127553 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-9749**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper bounds checking by the regs macros in opcodes/bfin-dis.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted binary file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the program to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/127548 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-9746**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper bounds checking by the disassemble_bytes function in objdump.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted binary file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the program to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/127542 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-9744**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper bounds checking by the sh_elf_set_mach_from_flags function in bfd/elf32-sh.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted binary file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the program to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/127541 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-9748**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper bounds checking by the ieee_object_p function in bfd/ieee.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted binary file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the program to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/127547 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-9747**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to denial of service, caused by improper bounds checking by the ieee_archive_p function in bfd/ieee.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted binary file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the program to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/127546 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-12452**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of bounds heap read in bfd_mach_o_i386_canonicalize_one_reloc function in bfd/mach-o-i386.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. By using a specially-crafted mach-o file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130140 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-12451**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of bounds stack read in _bfd_xcoff_read_ar_hdr function in bfd/coff-rs6000.c and bfd/coff64-rs6000.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. By using a specially-crafted COFF image file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130145 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-12450**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out of bounds heap write in alpha_vms_object_p function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. By using a specially-crafted mach-o file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to possibly execute arbitrary code.
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130136 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-12449**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of bounds heap read in _bfd_vms_save_sized_string function in vms-misc.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. By using a specially-crafted vms file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130137 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-12459**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out of bounds heap write bfd_mach_o_read_symtab_strtab function in bfd/mach-o.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. By using a specially-crafted mach-o file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to possibly execute arbitrary code.
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130135 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-12458**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of bounds heap read in nlm_swap_auxiliary_headers_in function in bfd/nlmcode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. By using a specially-crafted nlm file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130139 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-12457**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL dereference in bfd_make_section_with_flags function in section.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. By using a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130143 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-12456**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of bounds heap read in read_symbol_stabs_debugging_info function in rddbg.c. By using a specially-crafted binary file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130142 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-12455**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of bounds heap read in evax_bfd_print_emh function in vms-alpha.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. By using a specially-crafted vms alpha file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130138 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-12454**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an arbitrary memory read in _bfd_vms_slurp_egsd function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. By using a specially-crafted binary file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130144 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-12453**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of bounds heap read in _bfd_vms_slurp_eeom function in libbfd.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. By using a specially-crafted vms alpha file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130141 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-12448**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Binutils could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a heap use after free in bfd_cache_close function in bfd/cache.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. By using a specially-crafted nested archive file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to possibly execute arbitrary code.
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130146 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-3736**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a carry propagation flaw in the the x86_64 Montgomery squaring function bn_sqrx8x_internal(). An attacker with online access to an unpatched system could exploit this vulnerability to obtain information about the private key.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134397_ _for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-3735**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error while parsing an IPAdressFamily extension in an X.509 certificate. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an out-of-bounds read, resulting in an incorrect text display of the certificate.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See_ _https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131047 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

• IBM Netezza Analytics 1.2.4,2.0-2.3,3.0-3.0.2,3.2-3.2.5,3.3

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
IBM Netezza Analytics| 3.2.6|

Link to Fix Central
IBM Netezza Analytics| 3.3.1|

Link to Fix Central

Workarounds and Mitigations

None