Security Bulletin
Summary
The IBM Security Access Manager appliance has addressed the following vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-9555
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds access error in sctp_sf_ootb(). By sending specially crafted data, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain a sensitive information or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119185 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2016-9084
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper use of the kzalloc function by vfio_pci_intrs.c. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an integer overflow and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119406 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2016-9083
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a mmeory corruption error in vfio_pci.c. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass integer overflow checks and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119407 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2016-7117
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free in __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117765 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2016-6828
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to properly maintain certain SACK state in tcp_check_send_head function in include/net/tcp.h. By executing a specially-crafted SACK option, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118135 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
Affected IBM Security Access Manager Appliance | Affected Versions |
| IBM Security Access Manager | 9.0.3.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation / First Fix |
| IBM Security Access Manager | 9.0.3.0 | IJ00229 | Upgrade to 9.0.3.1: 9.0.3-ISS-ISAM-FP0001 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
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References
Change History
3 November 2017: Original version 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.
Disclaimer
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Document Information
Modified date:
16 June 2018
UID
swg22010223