SB2025081107 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Security Verify Directory
Published: August 11, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 8 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12718)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify arbitrary files on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error in the tarfile module. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted archive to the application and modify some file metadata (e.g. last modified) with filter="data" or file permissions (chmod) with filter="tar" of files outside the extraction directory.
2) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4138)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to an insecure link following issue when extracting data from an archive in the tarfile module. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted archive to the application and overwrite arbitrary files outside the destination directory during extraction with filter="data"..
3) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4517)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error in the tarfile module when extracting files from an archive with filter="data". A remote attacker can pass specially crafted archive to the application and write files to arbitrary locations on the system outside the extraction directory.
4) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6020)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions within the pam_namespace module when handling user-controlled paths. A local user can use specially crafted symlinks and race conditions to execute arbitrary code as root.
5) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-49794)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the xmlSchematronGetNode() function when processing XPath expressions in Schematron schema elements schematron.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
6) Type Confusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-49796)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error within the xmlSchematronFormatReport() function when processing sch:name elements in schematron.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a type confusion error and crash the application.
7) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-7425)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the xsltSetSourceNodeFlags() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML input to the application, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
8) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6965)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing aggregated terms. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application where the number of aggregate terms exceeds the number of columns available, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.