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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in libxml2 affects IBM Flex System Networking Switch products (CVE-2015-8710)

2019-01-3102:25:02
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9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Summary

IBM System Networking Switch products have addressed the following vulnerability in libxml2.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM System Networking Switch products have addressed the following vulnerability in libxml2.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8710

Description: Libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds memory access when parsing an unclosed HTML comment. By not closing out an HTML comment, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an out-of-bounds read and cause the system to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110076&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:N/A:L)

Affected products and versions

Product Affected Version
IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093/EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch
(ibm_fw_scsw_en4093r-7.8.13.50_anyos_noarch) 7.8.13.50
IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch
(ibm_fw_scsw_cn4093-7.8.13.0_anyos_noarch) 7.8.13.0
IBM Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module
(ibm_fw_scsw_si4093-7.8.13.0_anyos_noarch) 7.8.13.0
IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch
(ibm_fw_scsw_en2092-7.8.13.0_anyos_noarch) 7.8.13.0

Remediation/Fixes

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

Product Fix Version
IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch
(ibm_fw_scsw_en4093r-7.8.14.0_anyos_noarch) 7.8.14.0
IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch
(ibm_fw_scsw_cn4093-7.8.14.0_anyos_noarch) 7.8.14.0
IBM Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module
(ibm_fw_scsw_si4093-7.8.14.0_anyos_noarch) 7.8.14.0
IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch
(ibm_fw_scsw_en2092-7.8.14.0_anyos_noarch) 7.8.14.0

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

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

References

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

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
22 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.

Disclaimer

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9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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