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 | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition | 3.8.0.7 | IV85816 | Please call IBM service and reference the APAR to obtain the fix |
Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition | 3.9.0.4/IF01 | IV85816 | Download Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 3.9.0 Fix Pack 5 |
Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition | 4.1.0 | IV85816 | Please call IBM service and reference the APAR to obtain the fix |
Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition | 4.1.1.1 | IV85816 | Download Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 4.1.1 PCRE Interim Fix. |
Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition | 4.2.0.1 | IV85816 | Download Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 4.2.0 Fix Pack 1 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21991978