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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager Appliance is affected by vulnerabilities in Bash (CVE-2016-0634, CVE-2016-9401)

Created by Ann-Louise Bolger on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/565943
565943

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Security Access Manager Appliance has addressed the following vulnerabilities that were identified in Bash.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0634
DESCRIPTION:
GNU Bash could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error related to the expansion of the $HOSTNAME. By injecting the hostname with malicious code, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 4.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121373 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-9401
DESCRIPTION:
GNU Bash could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a use-after-free error. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted address to bypass the restricted shell.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/122314 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Access Manager for Web 7.0 appliances, all firmware versions.

IBM Security Access Manager for Web 8.0 appliances, all firmware versions.

IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile 8.0 appliances, all firmware versions.

IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 appliances, versions 9.0 - 9.0.2.1.

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation
IBM Security Access Manager for Web7.0 (appliance)IV98160Apply Interim Fix 31:
7.0.0-ISS-WGA-IF0031
IBM Security Access Manager for Web8.0.0.0 -
8.0.1.6
IV981611. For versions prior to 8.0.1.6, upgrade to 8.0.1.6:
8.0.1-ISS-WGA-FP0006
2. Upgrade to 8.0.1.6 IF 1:
8.0.1.6-ISS-WGA-IF0001
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile8.0.0.0 -
8.0.1.6
IV981621. For versions prior to 8.0.1.6, upgrade to 8.0.1.6:
8.0.1-ISS-ISAM-FP0006
2. Upgrade to 8.0.1.6 IF 1:
8.0.1.6-ISS-ISAM-IF0001
IBM Security Access Manager9.0 -
9.0.2.1
IV981611. Upgrade to 9.0.3.0:
IBM Security Access Manager V9.0.3 Multiplatform, Multilingual (CRW4EML)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Change History

2 August 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

swg22006791