Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in libxml2 affects IBM Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module (CVE-2015-8710)

Summary

IBM Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module has addressed the following vulnerability in libxml2.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module has addressed the following vulnerability in libxml2.

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8710

Description: Libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds memory access when parsing an unclosed HTML comment. By not closing out an HTML comment, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an out-of-bounds read and cause the system to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110076&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes:

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

You should verify applying the fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None

References:

• Complete CVSS v3 Guide
• On-line Calculator v3

Related Information:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
22 July 2016: Original Copy Published

• The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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