Security Bulletin: IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot is affected by vulnerability GNU C Library (CVE-2018-16429)

Summary

IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot has addressed the following vulnerability in GNU C Library.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-16429 DESCRIPTION: GNOME GLib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds read in g_markup_parse_context_parse() in gmarkup.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/149332&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Product

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Affected Version

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IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot

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9.6

Remediation/Fixes

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

Product

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Fix Version

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IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot
(ibm_fw_dsa_dsyte2z-9.65_anyos_32-64)

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dsyte2z-9.65

Workarounds and Mitigations

None