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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in icu affects IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) (CVE-2014-9654)

Security Bulletin


Summary

A security vulnerability has been discovered in icu that is embedded in the IBM FSM. This bulletin addresses this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-9654
DESCRIPTION: ICU could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper size limit checks when handling regular expressions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially crafted data to execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause the application using ICU to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110456 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Flex System Manager 1.3.4.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.3.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.2.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.1.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.0.x
Flex System Manager 1.2.x.x
Flex System Manager 1.1.x.x

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends updating the FSM using the instructions referenced in this table.

      Product
      VRMF
      APAR
      Remediation
Flex System Manager
      1.3.4.x
IT14950
Install fsmfix_1.3.4.0_IT14208_IT14210_IT14950
Flex System Manager
      1.3.3.x
IT14950
Install fsmfix_1.3.3.0_IT14208_IT14210_IT14950
Flex System Manager
      1.3.2.x
IT14950
Install fsmfix_1.3.2.0_IT14208_IT14210_IT14950
Flex System Manager
      1.3.1.x
IT14950
IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release and following the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager
      1.3.0.x
IT14950
IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release and following the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager
      1.2.x.x
IT14950
IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release and following the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager
      1.1.x.x
IT14950
IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release and following the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

18 March 2016: Original version published
03 May 2016 : IT14209 superseded by IT14950

*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.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Internal Use Only

Adv 4737 / 71156

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

isg3T1023472

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