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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager is affected by incorrect permission assignment for critical resource (CVE-2016-6098)

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Summary

IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager addresses this vulnerability with the following CVE-2016-6098

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-6098
DESCRIPTION: IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.
CVSS Base Score: 4.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118254 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager v2.0.1- 2.0.1.8

IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager: v2.5 - 2.5.0.7

IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager v2.6 - 2.6.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFRemediation/First Fix
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager2.6- 2.6.0.22.6.0-ISS-SKLM-FP0003
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager2.5 - 2.5.0.72.5.0-ISS-SKLM-FP0008
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager2.0.1 - 2.0.1.82.0.1-ISS-TKLM-FP0009

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

31st Jan 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

swg21997958

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