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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile is affected by a vulnerability in nss-util (CVE-2016-1950)

Created by Ann-Louise Bolger on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/279483
279483

Security Bulletin


Summary

Network Security Services (NSS), which is a set of libraries designed to support the cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications.

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the NSS libraries affects IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-1950
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when the Network Security Services (NSS) libraries parsed certain ASN.1 structures. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted certificate, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111360 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile 8.0, all firmware versions

IBM Security Access Manager 9.0, 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.

ProductVRMFAPARRemediation
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile8.0.0.0 -
8.0.1.3		IV84752Upgrade to 8.0.1.4:
8.0.1-ISS-ISAM-FP0004
IBM Security Access Manager9.0IV84714Upgrade to 9.0.1.0:
IBM Security Access Manager V9.0.1 Multiplatform, Multilingual (CRW4EML)

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

May 17, 2016: 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21983456

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