Security Bulletin: GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability affect IBM DataPower Gateway appliances (CVE-2014-6040)

Summary

GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability in iconv() function affects IBM DataPower Gateway appliances.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-6040 **
DESCRIPTION:** The GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper validation of input by the iconv() function when converting IBM933, IBM935, IBM937, IBM939 or IBM1364 encoded data to UTF-8. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95616 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

All DataPower versions through 6.0.0.11, 6.0.1.7, 7.0.0.4, 7.1.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

Fix is available in versions 6.0.0.12, 6.0.1.8, 7.0.0.5, 7.1.0.3. Refer to APAR IT06941 for URLs to download the fix. Customers using DataPower firmware version 5.0.x, contact customer support.

IBM recommends that you review your entire environment to identify vulnerable releases of glibc including your Operating Systems and take appropriate mitigation and remediation actions. Please contact your Operating System provider for more information. .

Workarounds and Mitigations

None