Security Bulletin: GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability affects InfoSphere Guardium BM InfoSphere Guardium (CVE-2015-0235)

Summary

GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability that has been referred to as GHOST affects IBM InfoSphere Guardium.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2015-0235

DESCRIPTION: The gethostbyname functions of the GNU C Library (glibc) are vulnerable to a buffer overflow. By sending a specially crafted, but valid hostname argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the targeted process or cause the process to crash. The impact of an attack depends on the implementation details of the targeted application or operating system. This issue is being referred to as the “Ghost” vulnerability.

CVSS Base Score: 7.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100386for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM InfoSphere Guardium, V8.2, IBM InfoSphere Guardium, V9.x

Remediation/Fixes

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| VRMF| APAR| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
IBM InfoSphere Guardium| 8.2| <none>| http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard-8.2p6005_CVE-2015-0235,SqlGuard-9.0p6005_CVE-2015-0235&includeSupersedes=0
< IBM InfoSphere Guardium| 9.x| < None>| http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard-8.2p6005_CVE-2015-0235,SqlGuard-9.0p6005_CVE-2015-0235&includeSupersedes=0
Once updates have been applied, any process using glibc will need to be restarted. Given that nearly all system processes use glibc, rebooting after upgrading is suggested

Workarounds and Mitigations

None known