Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Security Access Manager Appliance has addressed the following vulnerability in the HTTPD libraries used on the appliance.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-8743
DESCRIPTION: Apache HTTPD is vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and 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 or cross-site scripting, and possibly obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119917 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
Affected IBM Security Access Manager Appliance | Affected Versions |
| IBM Security Access Manager for Web | 7.0-7.0.0.31 |
Remediation/Fixes
Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation |
| IBM Security Access Manager for Web | 7.0 - 7.0.0.31 | IJ02932 | Upgrade to 7.0.0.34: 7.0.0-ISS-WGA-IF0034 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
30 May 2018: 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
swg22012356