Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager Appliance is affected by NTP vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-6462, CVE-2017-6463, CVE-2017-6464)

Summary

IBM Security Access Manager Appliance has addressed the following vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2017-6464
DESCRIPTION: NTP is vulnerable to a denial of service. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a malformed mode configuration directive to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 4.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123610&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2017-6463
DESCRIPTION: NTP is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending an invalid setting, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the :config directive to cause the daemon to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 4.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123612&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2017-6462
DESCRIPTION: NTP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer overflow in the legacy Datum Programmable Time Server refclock driver. By sending specially crafted packets, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overflow a buffer and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 1.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123611&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected IBM Security Access Manager Appliance

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Affected Versions

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IBM Security Access Manager for Web | 7.0 - 7.0.0.33
IBM Security Access Manager for Web | 8.0 - 8.0.1.7
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile | 8.0 - 8.0.1.7
IBM Security Access Manager | 9.0 - 9.0.5.0

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.

1. For versions prior to 8.0.1.7, upgrade to 8.0.1.7:
8.0.1-ISS-WGA-FP0007_ _

2. Apply 8.0.1.7 IF1:
8.0.1.7-ISS-WGA-IF0001

IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile | 8.0.0.0 -
8.0.1.7 | IJ03472 |

1. For versions prior to 8.0.1.7, upgrade to 8.0.1.7:
8.0.1-ISS-ISAM-FP0007

2. Apply 8.0.1.7 IF 1:
8.0.1.7-ISS-ISAM-IF0001

IBM Security Access Manager | 9.0 -
9.0.5.0 | IJ03471 |

1. For versions prior to 9.0.5.0, upgrade to 9.0.5.0:

9.0.5-ISS-ISAM-FP0000

2. Upgrade to 9.0.5.0 IF 1:
9.0.5.0-ISS-ISAM-IF0001

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.