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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager appliances are affected by a vulnerability known as the SWEET32 Birthday attack (CVE-2016-2183)

Created by Ann-Louise Bolger on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/560933
560933

Security Bulletin


Summary

The IBM Security Access Manager appliances are affected by the SWEET32 Birthday attack vulnerability, which could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-2183
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the DES/3DES cipher, used as a part of the SSL/TLS protocol. By capturing large amounts of encrypted traffic between the SSL/TLS server and the client, a remote attacker able to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability to recover the plaintext data and obtain sensitive information. This vulnerability is known as the SWEET32 Birthday attack.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116337 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Access Manager for Web version 7 appliances, all firmware versions

IBM Security Access Manager for Web version 8 appliances, all firmware versions

IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile version 8 appliances, all firmware versions

IBM Security Access Manager version 9 appliances, all firmware versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM has provided patches for all affected versions. Follow the installation instructions in the README files included with the patch.

ProductVRMFAPARRemediation
IBM Security Access Manager for Web7.0IV932001. Apply Interim Fix 30:
7.0.0-ISS-WGA-IF0030
IBM Security Access Manager for Web8.0.0.0 -
8.0.1.5		IV931991. Upgrade to 8.0.1.6:
8.0.1-ISS-WGA-FP0006
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile8.0.0.0 -
8.0.1.5		IV932571. Upgrade to 8.0.1.6:
8.0.1-ISS-ISAM-FP0006
IBM Security Access Manager9.0 - 9.0.2.1IV931991. Upgrade to 9.0.3.0:
IBM Security Access Manager V9.0.3 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

Change History

31 May 2017: 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

swg22003559

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