Security Bulletin: Mozilla Firefox vulnerability issues in IBM Storwize V7000 Unified (CVE-2014-1562, CVE-2014-1567)

Summary

There are security vulnerabilities in versions of Mozilla Firefox that are shipped with versions 1.3.0.0 to 1.4.3.4 and 1.5.0.0 to 1.5.0.2 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified

Vulnerability Details

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified is shipped with Mozilla Firefox, although Firefox is not used during normal use of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. There are vulnerabilities in certain versions of Mozilla Firefox shipped in certain versions of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. This vulnerability concerns the potential ability of a remote attacker to exploit a memory bug or use-after-free during text layout exposure to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.

CVE-2014-1562
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/95654 for the current score

CVE-2014-1567
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/95661 for the current score

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
The product is affected when running code releases 1.3.0.0 to 1.4.3.4 and also 1.5.0.0 to 1.5.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for these issues is in version 1.4.3.5 and 1.5.0.3 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. Customers running an affected version of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified should upgrade to 1.4.3.5 or 1.5.0.3 or a later version, so that the fix gets applied.

Latest Storwize V7000 Unified Software

Workarounds and Mitigations

Workaround(s) :
Normal operation of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified does not require or call for customers to use Firefox to access the Internet. Although IBM recommends that you install a level of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified code with a fix, you can avoid these vulnerabilities by not using Mozilla Firefox within your IBM Storwize V7000 Unified system to access the Internet.