Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Security Access Manager for Web is affected by denial of service vulnerabilities in Net-SNMP.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2014-3565
DESCRIPTION: Net-SNMP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of SNMP traps when started with the "-OQ" option. By sending an SNMP trap message containing a variable with a NULL type, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause snmptrapd to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95638 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVEID: CVE-2015-5621
DESCRIPTION: Net-SNMP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by incompletely parsed varBind variables being left in the list of variables by the snmp_pdu_parse() function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/105232 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
BM Security Access Manager for Web 7.0 appliances, all firmware versions
IBM Security Access Manager for Web 8.0 appliances, all firmware versions
IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 appliances, all firmware versions
Remediation/Fixes
The table below provides links to patches for all affected versions. Follow the installation instructions in the README file included with the patch.
| Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation |
| IBM Security Access Manager for Web | 7.0 - 7.0.0.20 (appliances) | IV80685 IV80984 | 1. Apply Interim Fix 21: 7.0.0-ISS-WGA-IF0021 |
| IBM Security Access Manager for Web | 8.0 - 8.0.1.3 | IV80684 IV80945 | 1. For 8.0-8.0.1.2 environments, upgrade to 8.0.1.3: 8.0.1-ISS-WGA-FP0003 2. Apply 8.0.1.3 Interim Fix 4:8.0.1.3-ISS-WGA-IF0004 |
| IBM Security Access Manager | 9.0 - 9.0.0.1 | IV80684 IV80945 | 1. For 9.0 environments, upgrade to 9.0.0.1: 9.0.0-ISS-ISAM-FP0001 2. Apply 9.0.0.1 Interim Fix 1: 9.0.0.1-ISS-ISAM-IF0001 |
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References
Change History
February 1, 2016: 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
swg21974644