Security Bulletin: Open Source GNU (glibc) vulnerability affects IBM SONAS (CVE-2017-1000366 )

Summary

IBM SONAS is shipped with GNU glibc, for which a fix is available for a security vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

A GNU local memory corruption vulnerability affects IBM SONAS.

CVEID: CVE-2017-1000366 **
DESCRIPTION:** Glibc could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a vulnerability that allows specially crafted LD_LIBRARY_PATH values to manipulate the heap/stack. By using specially-crafted crafted LD_LIBRARY_PATH values, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger a stack memory allocation flaw and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/127452 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SONAS
The product is affected when running a code releases 1.5.0.0 to 1.5.2.6

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for these issues is in version 1.5.2.7 of IBM SONAS. Customers running an affected version of SONAS should upgrade to 1.5.2.7 or a later version, so that the fix gets applied.

Please contact IBM support for assistance in upgrading your system.

Once updates have been applied, any process using glibc will need to be restarted. During upgrade, system nodes of IBM SONAS are rebooted.

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

Workaround : None

Mitigation: None