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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager Appliance is affected by OpenSSH vulnerabilities

Created by Ann-Louise Bolger on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/305021
305021

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Security Access Manager Appliance has addressed the following vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-10011
DESCRIPTION:
OpenSSH could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a privilege separation flaw. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain host private key material and other sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119830 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-10009
DESCRIPTION:
OpenSSH could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the loading of a specially crafted PKCS#11 module across a forwarded agent channel. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write files or execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119828 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-6515
DESCRIPTION:
OpenSSH is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to limit password lengths for password authentication by the auth_password function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an overly long string to consume all available CPU resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/115911 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2016-6210
DESCRIPTION:
OpenSSH could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the increased amount of time to calculate SHA256/SHA512 hash than BLOWFISH hash. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a covert timing channel to enumerate users on system that runs SSHD.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/115128 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected IBM Security Access Manager Appliance

Affected Versions
IBM Security Access Manager for Web (appliance)7.0 - 7.0.0.31
IBM Security Access Manager for Web8.0 - 8.0.1.7
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile8.0 - 8.0.1.7
IBM Security Access Manager9.0 - 9.0.3.1

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation
IBM Security Access Manager for Web (appliance)7.0 - 7.0.0.31IJ03401Apply Interim Fix 34:
7.0.0-ISS-WGA-IF0034
IBM Security Access Manager for Web (appliance)8.0 - 8.0.1.7IJ033861. For versions prior to 8.0.1.7, upgrade to 8.0.1.7:
8.0.1-ISS-WGA-FP0007
2. Apply 8.0.1.7 IF 1:
8.0.1.7-ISS-WGA-IF0001
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile (appliance)8.0 - 8.0.1.7IJ033991. For versions prior to 8.0.1.7, upgrade to 8.0.1.7:
8.0.1-ISS-ISAM-FP0007
2. Apply 8.0.1.7 IF 1:
8.0.1.7-ISS-ISAM-IF0001
IBM Security Access Manager (appliance)9.0 - 9.0.3.1 IJ03386Upgrade to 9.0.4.0:
9.0.4-ISS-ISAM-FP0000

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg22013887