Security Bulletin: IBM Security Network Protection is affected by a vulnerability in coreutils (util-linux)

Summary

A security vulnerability has been discovered in coreutils (util-linux), which is used by IBM Security Network Protection.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-2616**
DESCRIPTION:** util-linux could allow a local authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a race condition when handling the management of child processes. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to kill other processes with root privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124680 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.1
IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.3

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
IBM Security Network Protection| Firmware version 5.3.1| Download Firmware 5.3.1.14 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.
IBM Security Network Protection| Firmware version 5.3.3| Download Firmware 5.3.3.4 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None