Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Security Access Manager for Web allows attackers to run arbitrary commands on the Operating System of the appliance. An attacker with access to the LMI could use a command injection attack to gain elevated access to the appliance.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-5018
DESCRIPTION: IBM Security Access Manager for Web allows attackers to run arbitrary commands on the Operating System of the appliance. An attacker with access to the LMI could use a command injection attack to gain elevated access to the appliance.
CVSS Base Score: 8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106462 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Security Access Manager for Web 7.0 appliances, all firmware versions
IBM Security Access Manager for Web 8.0 appliances, all firmware versions
IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 appliances, all firmware versions
Remediation/Fixes
The table below provides links to patches for all affected versions. Follow the installation instructions in the README file included with the patch.
| Product name | VRMF | APAR | Remediation |
| IBM Security Access Manager for Web (appliance-based) | 7.0 - 7.0.0.18 | IV78780 | 1. Apply 7.0.0 FP19: 7.0.0-ISS-WGA-FP0019 |
| IBM Security Access Manager for Web | 8.0 - 8.0.1.3 | IV78768 | 1. For 8.0-8.0.1.2 environments, upgrade to 8.0.1.3: 8.0.1-ISS-WGA-FP0003 2. Apply 8.0.1.3 Interim Fix 3: 8.0.1.3-ISS-WGA-IF0003 |
| IBM Security Access Manager | 9.0 | IV78768 | 1. Apply 9.0.0.0 Interim Fix 1: 9.0.0.0-ISS-ISAM-IF0001 |
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References
Acknowledgement
IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team: Paul Ionescu, Warren Moynihan, Jonathan Fitz-Gerald, John Zuccato, Chris Shepherd, Dmitriy Beryoza
Change History
February 12, 2016: Added Acknowledgement
December 11, 2015: Added link to 8.0.1.3 IF 3.
December 1, 2015: 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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
16 June 2018
UID
swg21970510