Security Bulletin: Security Vulnerabilities in GNU glibc affect IBM Cloud Pak for Data - GNU glibc (CVE-2020-1751)

Summary

Security Vulnerabilities in GNU glibc affect IBM Cloud Pak for Data - GNU glibc (CVE-2020-1751)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-1751
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU glibc could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds write when handling signal trampolines on PowerPC. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180052 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

• Patch:
  <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6327429&gt;

• Users of IBM Cloud Pak for Data V2.5 are Not Affected:
  Issue Not Applicable for IBM Cloud Pak for Data V2.5.

• Users of IBM Cloud Pak for Data V3.0.0 and V3.0.1 are advised to:
  Apply IBM Cloud Pak for Data V3.0.1 cpd-3.0.1-lite-patch-7 (Available Jan 19, 2021)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None