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HistoryJan 31, 2019 - 2:25 a.m.

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in GNU C Library affects IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware (CVE-2016-3706)

2019-01-3102:25:02

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7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

JSON

Summary

IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware has addressed the following vulnerability in GNU C Library.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware has addressed the following vulnerability in GNU C Library.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2016-3706

Description: GNU C Library (glibc or libc6) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow by the getaddrinfo function within sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114123> for the 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

Product	Affected Version
IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware	3.3-3.5

Remediation/Fixes:

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

Product	Fixed Version
IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware
mlnx_fw_ppc_m460ex-sx-3.6.2002_anyos_noarch	3.6.2002

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None

References:

Acknowledgement

None

Change History
14 February 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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