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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager appliances are affected by a response splitting vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2016-0359)

Created by Ann-Louise Bolger on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/286753
286753

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Security Access Manager version 8 & 9 appliances are affected by a HTTP response splitting vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0359
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially-crafted URL to cause the server to return a split response, once the URL is clicked. This would allow the attacker to perform further attacks, such as Web cache poisoning, cross-site scripting, and possibly obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111929 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Access Manager for Web 8.0, all firmware 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 Web8.0.0.0 -
8.0.1.4		IV90476Upgrade to 8.0.1.5:
8.0.1-ISS-WGA-FP0005
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile8.0.0.0 -
8.0.1.4		IV90696Upgrade to 8.0.1.5:
8.0.1-ISS-ISAM-FP0005
IBM Security Access Manager9.0 -
9.0.1.0		IV90476Upgrade to 9.0.2.0:
IBM Security Access Manager V9.0.2 Multiplatform, Multilingual (CRW4EML)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

*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

swg21995289

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