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Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102629","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040203","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0100","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0115","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0458","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0521","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1463","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1812","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180117-0001/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03911en_us","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102629","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040203","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0100","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0115","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0458","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0521","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1463","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1812","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180117-0001/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03911en_us","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2657","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}