Security Bulletin: GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability affects IBM Identity Security Governance (CVE-2015-7547)

Summary

A GNU C library (glibc) stack-based buffer overflow in getaddrinfo() vulnerability affects IBM Identity Security Governance

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-7547

DESCRIPTION: GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the nss_dns backend for the getaddrinfo() function when performing dual A/AAAA DNS queries. By sending a specially crafted DNS response, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110662&gt; 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:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence

| 5.2| None| 5.2.0.1-ISS-SIGI-GLIBC
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Workarounds and Mitigations

None