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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager appliances are affected by a vulnerability in OpenLDAP (CVE-2015-6908)

Created by Ann-Louise Bolger on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/715009
715009

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Security Access Manager appliances use OpenLDAP. A vulnerability has been identified in OpenLDAP that affects the IBM Security Access Manager appliances.

IBM Security Access Manager has addressed this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-6908
DESCRIPTION: OpenLDAP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an assertion error in the ber_get_next() function. By sending a specially-crafted packet, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the slapd service to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106296 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected IBM Security Access Manager Appliance
Affected Versions
IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 - 9.0.2.1
IBM Security Access Manager for Web 8.0 - 8.0.1.6
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile 8.0 - 8.0.1.6

Remediation/Fixes

Product
VRMF
APAR
Remediation
IBM Security Access Manager for Web 8.0 - 8.0.1.6 IJ00151 Upgrade to 8.0.1.7:
8.0.1-ISS-WGA-FP0007
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile 8.0 - 8.0.1.6 IJ00157

Upgrade to 8.0.1.7:

8.0.1-ISS-ISAM-FP0007
IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 - 9.0.2.1 IJ00151

Upgrade to 9.0.3.0:

9.0.3.0-ISS-ISAM-FP0000

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team: Ron Craig, Warren Moynihan, Jonathan Fitz-Gerald, John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Dmitriy Beryoza

Change History

14 July 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.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 July 2018

UID

swg22009241

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