Security Bulletin
Summary
Vulnerabilities have been identified in OpenSSH. IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile uses OpenSSH and is affected by these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-3115
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSH could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of user-supplied X11 authentication credentials by the sshd server. By sending specially crafted X11 credential data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject xauth commands and execute arbitrary commands on the system with the privileges of the victim.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111431 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2016-1908
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSH could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper handling of errors when generating authentication cookies for untrusted X11 forwarding. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to the target local X server.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110030 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
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.
| Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation |
| IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile | 8.0.0.0 - 8.0.1.4 | IV86715 | 1. For releases prior to 8.0.1.4, upgrade to 8.0.1.4: 8.0.1-ISS-ISAM-FP0004 2. Apply 8.0.1.4 Interim Fix 1: 8.0.1.4-ISS-ISAM-IF0001 |
| IBM Security Access Manager | 9.0 | IV86693 | 1. For 9.0 environments, upgrade to 9.0.1.0: IBM Security Access Manager V9.0.1 Multiplatform, Multilingual (CRW4EML) 2. Apply 9.0.1.0 Interim Fix 2: 9.0.1.0-ISS-ISAM-IF0002 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
July 20, 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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
16 June 2018
UID
swg21987636