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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in SSH affect IBM DataPower Gateways (CVE-2016-10009, CVE-2016-10012)

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Summary

SSH vulnerabilities were disclosed by the OpenSSH Project. IBM DataPower Gateways has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-10009
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSH could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the loading of a specially crafted PKCS#11 module across a forwarded agent channel. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write files or execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119828 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-10012
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSH could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper bounds checking in the shared memory manager. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119831 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

CVE-2016-10009: IBM DataPower Gateway version 7.5.2.0-7.5.2.2

CVE-2016-10012: IBM DataPower Gateway, versions 7.0.0.0-7.0.0.17, 7.1.0.0-7.1.0.14, 7.2.0.0-7.2.0.11, 7.5.0.0-7.5.0.5, 7.5.1.0-7.5.1.4, 7.5.2.0-7.5.2.2

Remediation/Fixes

Fix is available in versions 7.0.0.18, 7.1.0.15, 7.2.0.12, 7.5.0.6, 7.5.1.5, 7.5.2.3. Refer to APAR IT19703 for URLs to download the fix.

You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

For DataPower customers using versions 6.x and earlier versions, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

22 March 2017 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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Internal Use Only

Advisory ID    7493
Product Record ID    89086

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Document Information

Modified date:
08 June 2021

UID

swg22000413