IBM Netezza Host Management: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2016.0134
  Netezza Host Management is vulnerable to a GNU C Library (glibc) attack
                              19 January 2016

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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:     Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2013-7424  

Reference:         ESB-2015.0428

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21974624

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Security Bulletin: Netezza Host Management is vulnerable to a GNU C Library
(glibc) attack (CVE-2013-7424)

Security Bulletin

Document information

More support for:

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Software version:

1.0.0

Operating system(s):

Platform Independent

Software edition:

All Editions

Reference #:

1974624

Modified date:

2016-01-18

Summary

The GNU C Library (glibc) could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary
code on the system, caused by an invalid free error in the getaddrinfo()
function when used with the AI_IDN flag. An attacker able to make an
application call this function could exploit this vulnerability to execute
arbitrary code on the system.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:

CVE-2013-7424

DESCRIPTION:

The GNU C Library (glibc) could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary
code on the system, caused by an invalid free error in the getaddrinfo()
function when used with the AI_IDN flag. An attacker able to make an
application call this function could exploit this vulnerability to execute
arbitrary code on the system.

CVSS Base Score: 5.1

CVSS Temporal Score: See

http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/101073

for the current score

CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined

CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Netezza Host Management 5.4.0.0 and prior releases.

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Netezza Host Management    5.4.1.0    Link to Fix Central

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide

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Related information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal

IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

18 January 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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OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.

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