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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2015.3217
Security Bulletin: IBM Netezza Host Management is vulnerable
to a published glibc vulnerability (CVE-2013-7423)
23 December 2015
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Netezza Host Management
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Network Appliance
Impact/Access: Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2013-7423
Reference: ESB-2015.2884
ESB-2015.2697
ESB-2015.1362
ESB-2015.1230
ESB-2015.1099
Original Bulletin:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21973204
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Security Bulletin: IBM Netezza Host Management is vulnerable to a published
glibc vulnerability (CVE-2013-7423)
Document information
More support for:
PureData System for Analytics
Administration
Software version:
1.0.0
Operating system(s):
Platform Independent
Software edition:
All Editions
Reference #:
1973204
Modified date:
2015-12-18
Security Bulletin
Summary
GNU glibc could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information,
caused by the writing of DNS queries to random file descriptors under
high load by the getaddrinfo() function. An attacker could exploit this
vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2013-7423
DESCRIPTION: GNU glibc could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive
information, caused by the writing of DNS queries to random file descriptors
under high load by the getaddrinfo() function. An attacker could exploit
this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 1.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/100647 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Netezza Host Management 5.3.5.0 and prior
Remediation/Fixes
IBM Netezza Host Management 5.3.5.1 Link to Fix Central
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2
Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
18 December 2015: 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
According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency
and priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING
THE IMPACT OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.
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