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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager Appliance is affected by a vulnerability (CVE-2017-1459)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Security Access Manager Appliance has addressed the following vulnerability related to the permissions set on a critical resource.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-1459
DESCRIPTION:
IBM Security Access Manager Appliance 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/128378 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

Affected IBM Security Access Manager Appliance

Affected Versions
IBM Security Access Manager for Web8.0-8.0.1.6
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile8.0-8.0.1.6
IBM Security Access Manager 9.0-9.0.3.1

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMF
APAR
Remediation
IBM Security Access Manager for Web8.0 - 8.0.1.6IJ01939Upgrade to 8.0.1.7:
8.0.1-ISS-WGA-FP0007
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile8.0 - 8.0.1.6IJ01940Upgrade to 8.0.1.7:
8.0.1-ISS-ISAM-FP0007
IBM Security Access Manager9.0 - 9.0.3.1IJ01939Upgrade to 9.0.4.0:
9.0.4-ISS-ISAM-FP0000

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

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

Change History

5 January 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 June 2018

UID

swg22012331