Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Security Access Manager has addressed the following vulnerabilities, which affect the IBM Security Access Manager appliances.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-1000364
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a a stack memory allocation flaw that allows the stack guard page to be "jumped" or bypassed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/127503 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2016-10208
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to properly validate meta block groups by the ext4_fill_super function. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted EXT4 image to corrupt memory triggering an out-of-bounds read and cause the system to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123370 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
Affected IBM Security Access Manager Appliance | Affected Versions |
| IBM Security Access Manager | 9.0.3.0 - 9.0.4.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation / First Fix |
| IBM Security Access Manager | 9.0.3.0 - 9.0.4.0 | IJ03470 | Upgrade to 9.0.5.0: 9.0.5-ISS-ISAM-FP0000 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
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References
Change History
20 June 2018: 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:
21 June 2018
UID
swg22010402