SB20180424100 - IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) update for GNU glibc

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SB20180424100 - IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) update for GNU glibc

Published: April 24, 2018 Updated: February 20, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB20180424100
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11236)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the stdlib/canonicalize.c source code in the GNU glibc library due to improper processing of long pathname arguments to the realpath function. A local unauthenticated attacker can send long pathname arguments to a targeted system that is using 32-bit architecture, trigger an integer overflow condition that can lead to stack-based buffer overflow condition and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References