Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in unzip affect IBM DataPower Gateways (CVE-2014-8141)

Summary

IBM DataPower Gateways has addressed a vulnerability in ‘unzip utility’ that it uses to list, test, or extract files from a zip archive.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-8141**
DESCRIPTION:** Info-ZIP UnZip is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the getZip64Data() function. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/99373 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Note that the following related vulnerabilities on ‘unzip utility’ do not impact** DataPower appliances:**
CVEID: CVE-2014-8139
CVEID: CVE-2014-8140
CVEID: CVE-2014-9636

Affected Products and Versions

IBM DataPower Gateways appliances all versions through 6.0.0.15, 6.0.1.11, 7.0.0.8, 7.1.0.5, 7.2.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

Fix is available in versions 6.0.0.16, 6.0.1.12, 7.0.0.9, 7.1.0.6, 7.2.0.1. Refer to APAR IT10064 for URLs to download the fix.

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

For DataPower customers using versions 5.x and older versions, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None