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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in PCRE affects IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition (CVE-2016-1283)

Security Bulletin


Summary

A vulnerabily has been addressed in the in PCRE component of IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-1283
DESCRIPTION:
PCRE is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by the improper handling of patterns by the pcre_compile2() function. By using a specially crafted regular expression, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109363 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

AffectedProduct

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition3.8.0.7IV85816Please call IBM service and reference the APAR to obtain the fix
Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition3.9.0.4/IF01IV85816Download Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 3.9.0 Fix Pack 5
Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 4.1.0IV85816Please call IBM service and reference the APAR to obtain the fix
Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition4.1.1.1 IV85816Download Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 4.1.1 PCRE Interim Fix.
Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition4.2.0.1IV85816Download Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 4.2.0 Fix Pack 1

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

14th Oct 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21991978