Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in OpenSSH affects IBM Security Network Protection (CVE-2015-8325)

Summary

A security vulnerability has been discovered in OpenSSH, which is used by IBM Security Network Protection.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-8325**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSH could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error in the do_setup_env function when the UseLogin feature is enabled and PAM is configured to read .pam_environment files in user home directories. By using an LD_PRELOAD environment variable, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114628 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.1
IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.3

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
IBM Security Network Protection| Firmware version 5.3.1| Download Firmware 5.3.1.13 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.
IBM Security Network Protection| Firmware version 5.3.3| Download Firmware 5.3.3.3 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None