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Security Bulletin: DB2 local escalation of privilege vulnerability affects IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server (CVE-2015-1947)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) Server is affected by an IBM DB2 software vulnerability that can result in a local user gaining root level access to which the user is not entitled.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-1947
DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 software is vulnerable to a privilege escalation due to a defective build. A local user could place a malicious library in a location where a SETGID or SETUID executable program might run. As a result, the user would gain root level access.
CVSS Base Score: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103202 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected Products and Versions

This vulnerability affects the following IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) Server levels:

  • 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.4.x
  • 6.3.0.0 through 6.3.5.x
  • 6.2 all levels
  • 6.1 all levels

Remediation/Fixes

Tivoli Storage Manager Server Release

Fixing
VRM
Level		APAR

Platform		Link to Fix / Fix Availability Target
7.17.1.5IT14412AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris		http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24041864
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6.36.3.6IT14412AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris		http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24042544
6.2 and 6.1None

Upgrade the server to a fixed level (7.1.5 or 6.3.6).

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

12 April 2016 - Original publish date
03 May 2016 - Added version 5.5 as affected
10 May 2016 - Removed 5.5 as it is NOT affected
25 July 2016 - Added link for 6.3.6 fix

*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.

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21979698

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