Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSource libxml2 affect IBM Security Guardium (CVE-2016-2073)

Summary

libxml2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow. IBM Security Guardium has addressed the applicable CVE

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-2073**
DESCRIPTION:** libxml2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an out-of-bounds read in the htmlParseNameComplex() function. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted XML file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110307&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Guardium V10x

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
IBM Security Guardium | 10x| https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=10.0&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_10.0p200_GPU_Nov-2016-V10.1.2&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

Workarounds and Mitigations

None