Security Bulletin: IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM) is affected by vulnerabilities in libxml2 (CVE-2018-14404 CVE-2016-9318)

Summary

IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM) has addressed the following vulnerabilities in libxml2.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2018-14404
**DESCRIPTION:**A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the xpath.c:xmlXPathCompOpEval() function of libxml2 through 2.9.8 when parsing an invalid XPath expression in the XPATH_OP_AND or XPATH_OP_OR case. Applications processing untrusted XSL format inputs with the use of the libxml2 library may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a crash of the application.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/147260 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2016-9318
**DESCRIPTION:**libxml2 2.9.4 and earlier, as used in XMLSec 1.2.23 and earlier and other products, does not offer a flag directly indicating that the current document may be read but other files may not be opened, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted document.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119018 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Product(s)

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Version

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IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM)

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bpet

IBM BladeCenter T Advanced Management Module (AMM)

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bbet

Remediation/Fixes

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

Product(s)

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Fixed Version

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IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM)
(ibm_fw_amm_bpet68m-3.68m_anyos_noarch)

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bpet68m-3.68m

IBM BladeCenter T Advanced Management Module (AMM)
(ibm_fw_amm_bbet68m-3.68m_anyos_noarch)

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bbet68m-3.68m

Workarounds and Mitigations

None