Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in GNU C Library affects IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch firmware (CVE-2015-5277)

2019-01-3102:25:02

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7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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Summary

IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch firmware has addressed the following vulnerability in GNU C Library.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch firmware has addressed the following vulnerability in GNU C Library.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2015-5277

Description: GNU C Library (glibc) could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a heap corruption error in the nss_files backend for the Name Service Switch. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.

CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/108484> for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Product	Affected Version
IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware	3.3-3.5

Remediation/Fixes:

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

Product	Fix Version
IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware
mlnx_fw_ppc_m460ex-sx-3.6.2002_anyos_noarch	3.6.2002

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None

References:

Acknowledgement

None

Change History
10 February 2017: Original Copy Published

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