Security Bulletin
Summary
The grep utility searches through textual input for lines that contain a match to a specified pattern and then prints the matching lines. Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in grep utility used with IBM Security Network Protection.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-1345
DESCRIPTION: GNU grep is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by an error in kwset.c. 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/101351 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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 Security Network Protection 5.2
IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.1
IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.2
Remediation/Fixes
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Product | VRMF | Remediation/First Fix |
| IBM Security Network Protection | Firmware version 5.2 | Download 5.2.0.0-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-FP0013 from IBM Fix Central and upload and install via the Fix Packs page of the Local Management Interface. |
| IBM Security Network Protection | Firmware version 5.3.1 | Download Firmware 5.3.1.6 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 5.3.2 | Install Firmware 5.3.2.1 from the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface, or by performing a One Time Scheduled Installation from SiteProtector. |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
15 January 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:
16 June 2018
UID
swg21972209