Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Content Collector for Emails,IBM Content Collector for File Systems,IBM Content Collector for SharePoint and Content Collector for IBM Connections is affected by following vulnerabilities present in the International Components for Unicode (ICU) library. ICU is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. By sending an overly long string, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash. Another vulnerability in ICU could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds read.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-7415
DESCRIPTION: International Components for Unicode (ICU) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the Locale class in common/locid.cpp. By sending an overly long string, 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/117035 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
IBM Content Collector for Emails 4.0 - 4.0.1
IBM Content Collector for File Systems 4.0 - 4.0.1
IBM Content Collector for SharePoint 4.0 - 4.0.1
IBM Content Collector for IBM Connections 4.0 - 4.0.1
Remediation/Fixes
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Product | VRM | Remediation |
| IBM Content Collector for Emails | 4.0 - 4.0.1 | Use IBM Content Collector for Emails 4.0.0.4 Fix Pack 004 and IBM Content Collector for Emails 4.0.1.7 Fix Pack 007 |
| IBM Content Collector for File Systems | 4.0 - 4.0.1 | Use IBM Content Collector for File Systems 4.0.0.4 Fix Pack 004 and IBM Content Collector for File Systems 4.0.1.7 Fix Pack 007 |
| IBM Content Collector for SharePoint | 4.0 - 4.0.1 | Use IBM Content Collector for SharePoint 4.0.0.4 Fix Pack 004 and IBM Content Collector for SharePoint 4.0.1.7 Fix Pack 007 |
| IBM Content Collector for IBM Connections | 4.0 - 4.0.1 | Use IBM Content Collector for IBM Connections 4.0.0.4 Fix Pack 004 and IBM Content Collector for IBM Connections 4.0.1.7 Fix Pack 007 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
November 10, 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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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg22006357