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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in cURL libcURL affect IBM Tivoli Netcool System Service Monitors/Application Service Monitors (CVE-2015-3144 and CVE-2015-3145)

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Summary

cURL libcURL vulnerabilities were disclosed on April 22, 2015 by the cURL Project. cURL is used by IBM Tivoli Netcool System Service Monitors/Application Service Monitors has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3144

DESCRIPTION: libcurl and cURL are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper calculation of index by the fix_hostname function. By using a zero-length host name, an remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.000
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102886 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3145

DESCRIPTION: libcurl and cURL are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper calculation of index by the sanitize_cookie_path function. By using a double-quote character in a cookie path, an remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.000
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102884 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

SSM 4.0.0 FP1 - FP14 and Interim Fix 14-01 – Interim Fix 14-06
SSM 4.0.1 FP1 – FP2 Interim Fix 02

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
4.0.1.2-TIV-SSM-IF00034.0.1.2Nonehttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg400002351
4.0.0.14-TIV-SSM-IF00074.0.0.14Nonehttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg400002356

Workarounds and Mitigations

None Known

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References

Off
cURL libcURL vulnerability website (for detail on what versions are affected)

Change History

2 Oct 2015 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21903006