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Security Bulletin: Grep vulnerabilities affect IBM SmartCloud Entry (CVE-2012-5667)

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Summary

IBM SmartCloud Entry is vulnerable to several Grep vulnerabilities. Remote attackers can exploit them to obtain sensetive information or launch further attacks on the system.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2012-5667
DESCRIPTION: grep is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow when parsing very long lines. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80811 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SmartCloud Entry 2.2.0 through 2.2.0.3 Appliance fix pack 3
IBM SmartCloud Entry 2.3.0 through 2.3.0.3 Appliance fix pack 3
IBM SmartCloud Entry 2.4.0 through 2.4.0.3 Appliance fix pack 3
IBM SmartCloud Entry 3.1.0 through 3.1.0.4 Appliance fix pack 17
IBM SmartCloud Entry 3.2.0 through 3.2.0.4 Appliance fix pack 17

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM SmartCloud Entry2.2NoneIBM SmarctCloud Entry 2.2.0 Appliance fix pack 4:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Other%2Bsoftware&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+Starter+Kit+for+Cloud&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=2.2.0.4-IBM-SKC_APPL-FP004&includeSupersedes=0
IBM SmartCloud Entry2.3NoneIBM SmartCloud Entry 2.3.0 Appliance fix pack 4:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Other%2Bsoftware&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+SmartCloud+Entry&release=2.3.0.3&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=2.3.0.4-IBM-SCE_APPL-FP004&includeSupersedes=0
IBM SmartCloud Entry2.4NoneIBM SmartCloud Entry 2.4.0 Appliance fix pack 4:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Other%2Bsoftware&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+SmartCloud+Entry&release=2.4.0.3&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=2.4.0.4-IBM-SCE_APPL-FP004&includeSupersedes=0
IBM SmartCloud Entry3.1NoneIBM SmartCloud Entry 3.1.0 Appliance fix pack 18:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Other%2Bsoftware&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+SmartCloud+Entry&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=3.1.0.4-IBM-SCE_APPL-FP18&includeSupersedes=0
IBM SmartCloud Entry3.2NoneIBM SmartCloud Entry 3.2.0 Appliance fix pack 18:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Other%2Bsoftware&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+SmartCloud+Entry&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=+3.2.0.4-IBM-SCE_APPL-FP18+&includeSupersedes=0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None known

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

01 February 2016: Original version 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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Document Information

Modified date:
18 July 2020

UID

isg3T1023302

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