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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager Appliance is affected by a cURL vulnerability (CVE-2017-1000257)

Created by Ann-Louise Bolger on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/715291
715291

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Security Access Manager Appliance has addressed the following vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-1000257
DESCRIPTION: cURL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer overread in the IMAP handler. By using a specially crafted IMAP FETCH response, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash or obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134033 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)

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
IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 - 9.0.4.0 IJ06969 Upgrade to 9.0.5.0:
9.0.5-ISS-ISAM-FP0000

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

17 August 2018: Added APAR details
14 August 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:
21 August 2018

UID

swg22017013