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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2017.2524 Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Open Source zlib affect IBM Netezza SQL Extensions 6 October 2017 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: IBM Netezza SQL Extensions Publisher: IBM Operating System: Network Appliance Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2016-9843 CVE-2016-9842 CVE-2016-9841 CVE-2016-9840 Reference: ESB-2017.2425 ESB-2017.2397.2 ESB-2017.2396.2 ESB-2017.2387 ESB-2017.2372.2 Original Bulletin: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22001212 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Open Source zlib affect IBM Netezza SQL Extensions Security Bulletin Document information More support for: PureData System for Analytics Software version: 1.0.0 Operating system(s): Platform Independent Software edition: All Editions Reference #: 2001212 Modified date: 05 October 2017 Summary Open Source zlib is used by IBM Netezza SQL Extensions. IBM Netezza SQL Extensions has addressed the applicable CVEs. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-9840 DESCRIPTION: zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVSS Base Score: 3.3 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120508 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) CVEID: CVE-2016-9841 DESCRIPTION: zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVSS Base Score: 3.3 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120509 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) CVEID: CVE-2016-9842 DESCRIPTION: zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an undefined left shift of negative number. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVSS Base Score: 3.3 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120510 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) CVEID: CVE-2016-9843 DESCRIPTION: zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a big-endian out-of- bounds pointer. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVSS Base Score: 3.3 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120511 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) Affected Products and Versions IBM Netezza SQL Extensions 1.5.0.0 - 7.2.1.3 Remediation/Fixes To resolve the reported CVEs for IBM Netezza SQL Extensions, please upgrade to the following version: Product VRMF Remediation/First Fix IBM Netezza SQL Extensions 7.2.1.4 Link to Fix Central Workarounds and Mitigations None References Complete CVSS v3 Guide On-line Calculator v3 Related information IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog Change History 05 Oct 2017 : Original version published *The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. 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