Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in the SQLite component of the Response Time agent affects IBM Performance Management products

Summary

SQLite is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by getNodeSize function in ext/rtree/rtree.c. By using a specially-crafted database, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause unspecified impacts on the system.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-10989**
DESCRIPTION:** SQLite is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by getNodeSize function in ext/rtree/rtree.c. By using a specially-crafted database, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause unspecified impacts on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/128354 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Monitoring 8.1.3

IBM Application Performance Management 8.1.3

IBM Application Performance Management Advanced 8.1.3

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Base Private 8.1.4

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Advanced Private 8.1.4

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| Product
VRMF| Remediation
—|—|—
IBM Monitoring

IBM Application Performance Management

IBM Application Performance Management Advanced| 8.1.3| If you use the Response Time agent, the vulnerability can be remediated by applying the Response Time agent patch 8.1.3.0-IBM-IPM-RT-AGENT-IF0003 to all systems where this agent is installed:
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400003568
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Base Private

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Advanced Private | 8.1.4| If you use the Response Time agent, the vulnerability can be remediated by applying the Response Time agent patch 8.1.4.0-IBM-IPM-RT-AGENT-IF0001 to all systems where this agent is installed:
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400003564
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management| N/A| If you use the Response Time agent, after your subscription is upgraded to V8.1.4, the vulnerability can be remediated by applying the Response Time agent patch 8.1.4.0-IBM-IPM-RT-AGENT-IF0001 to all systems where this agent is installed:
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400003564

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

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References

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

November 1, 2017 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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