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Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities have been fixed in IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance

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Summary

IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance (ISIM VA) has addressed the following vulnerabilities in Apache HttpComponents and HttpCommons that affect WebSphere Application Server

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2015-5262
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Commons is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to apply a configured connection during the initial handshake of an HTTPS connection by the HttpClient component. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to accumulate multiple connections and exhaust all available resources.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106932 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2014-3577
DESCRIPTION:   Apache HttpComponents could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks, caused by the failure to verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the Subject's Common Name (CN) or SubjectAltName field of certificates. By persuading a victim to visit a Web site containing a specially-crafted certificate, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to spoof an SSL server.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95327 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2012-6153
DESCRIPTION:   Apache HttpComponents could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks, caused by an incomplete fix related to the failure to verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the Subject's Common Name (CN) or SubjectAltName field of certificates. By persuading a victim to visit a Web site containing a specially-crafted certificate, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to spoof an SSL server.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95328 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2011-1498
DESCRIPTION:   Apache HttpComponents could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an unspecified error in HttpClient. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to send the Proxy-Authorization header to the host and disclose the user's password.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66241 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
ISIM VA7.0.1

Remediation/Fixes


Affected Product(s)Version(s)Fix Availability
IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance7.0.1
7.0.1-ISS-SIM-FP0016

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Change History

01 Sep 2021: Initial Publication

*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 Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
01 September 2021

Initial Publish date:
01 September 2021

UID

ibm16485597