Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Security Access Manager Appliance has addressed the following vulnerability in the cURL libraries used on the appliance.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-7167
DESCRIPTION: libcurl could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow in the curl_escape(), curl_easy_escape(), curl_unescape(), and curl_easy_unescape() functions. By sending an overly long string, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116938 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
Affected IBM Security Access Manager Appliance | Affected Versions |
IBM Security Access Manager | 9.0.3.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation |
IBM Security Access Manager | 9.0.3.0 | IJ02896 | Upgrade to 9.0.3.1: 9.0.3-ISS-ISAM-FP0001 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
4 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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
16 June 2018
UID
swg22012358