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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2016.3061
Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by Linux kernel
privesc: Dirty COW vulnerability (CVE-2016-5195)
22 December 2016
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Security Guardium
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Linux variants
Impact/Access: Root Compromise -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2016-5195
Reference: ASB-2016.0103
ESB-2016.2920
ESB-2016.2901
ESB-2016.2839.2
ESB-2016.2801
Original Bulletin:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995667
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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by Linux kernel privesc:
Dirty COW vulnerability (CVE-2016-5195)
Security Bulletin
Document information
More support for:
IBM Security Guardium
Software version:
8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.5, 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.1, 10.1.2
Operating system(s):
Linux
Reference #:
1995667
Modified date:
20 December 2016
Summary
Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the
system, caused by a race condition when handling the copy-on-write (COW)
breakage of private read-only memory mappings by the memory subsystem. IBM
Security Guardium has provided a fix for this vulnerability
Vulnerability Details
CVEID:
CVE-2016-5195
DESCRIPTION:
Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the
system, caused by a race condition when handling the copy-on-write (COW)
breakage of private read-only memory mappings by the memory subsystem. An
attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain write access to read-only
memory mappings and elevated privileges on the system. Note: This
vulnerability is known as the Dirty COW bug.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118170
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Security Guardium V8.2
IBM Security Guardium V 9, 9.1, 9.5
IBM Security Guardium V10, 10.0.1, 10.1, 10.1.2
Remediation/Fixes
Product VRMF Remediation/First Fix
IBM Security Guardium 8.2
End of Service Sept 30 2016, Full Extended Support customers must contact L2 support for more information
IBM Security Guardium 9x http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%2BSecurity&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_9.0p6022_SecurityUpdate&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium 10x http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%2BSecurity&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_10.0p6022_SecurityUpdate&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3
Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Change History
12/20/2016 - 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.
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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