Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in GNU C Library (glibc) affects IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch (CVE-2016-3075)

Summary

A vulnerability in GNU C Library (glibc) affects IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch. IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch has addressed the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

A vulnerability in GNU C Library (glibc) affects IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch. IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch has addressed the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2016-3075

Description: GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the nss_dns implementation of the getnetbyname function. By sending an overly long string, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113796&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes:

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

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None

References:

• Complete CVSS v3 Guide
• On-line Calculator v3

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

Acknowledgement

None

Change History
31 July 2017: Original Copy 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.

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