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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2016.1778 Security Bulletin: Buffer overflow in V8 19 July 2016 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Publisher: IBM Operating System: Linux variants OS X Windows Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2016-1669 Reference: ASB-2016.0055 ESB-2016.1383 ESB-2016.1209 Original Bulletin: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21987182 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security Bulletin: Buffer overflow in V8 Document information More support for: Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Cordova Software version: 9.1, 9.1.0.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.1.1, 9.1.1.2, 9.5, 9.5.0.1, 9.5.0.2 Operating system(s): Linux, OS X, Windows Reference #: 1987182 Modified date: 2016-07-18 Summary Under certain conditions, V8 may improperly expand memory allocations in the `Zone::New` function. This could potentially be used to cause a Denial of Service via buffer overflow or as a trigger for a remote code execution. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-1669 DESCRIPTION: Google Chrome is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by an error in V8. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash. CVSS Base Score: 6.3 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113145 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L) Affected Products and Versions IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software v9.1 and v9.5 Remediation/Fixes Rational Application Developer 9.1.x and 9.5.x PI65665 Apply IBM SDK for Node.js Version 1.1 release updated equivalent to the Joyent Node.js API version 0.10.46 to the Cordova platform in the product. Installation instructions for applying the update to the Cordova platform in the product can be found here: Upgrading the IBM SDK for Node.js used by Cordova Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins Subscribe to My Notifications to be notified of important product support alerts like this. References Complete CVSS v3 Guide On-line Calculator v3 Related information IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog Change History 18 July 2016: Original copy 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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