Security Bulletin
Summary
Vulnerabilities in Open Source pam that is used by IBM Security Identity Governance
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-3238
DESCRIPTION: Linux-PAM could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the _unix_run_helper_binary function in the pam_unix module. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an overly large password to enumerate usernames and cause the system to hang.
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106368 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2
Remediation/Fixes
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IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence | 5.2 | None | 5.2.0.1-ISS-SIGI-IF0002 |
For IBM Security Identity Governance 5.1.0 , IBM Security Identity Governance 5.1.1, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.
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References
*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
swg21977132