Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager Appliance is affected by glibc vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-8779, CVE-2015-8776)

Summary

IBM Security Access Manager Appliance has addressed the following vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-8779**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the catopen function. By sending an overly long string, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111087 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2015-8776**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a denial of service. By passing out-of-range time values to the strftime function, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a segmentation fault or obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110675 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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 - 7.0.0.30
IBM Security Access Manager for Web| 8.0 - 8.0.1.6
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile| 8.0 - 8.0.1.6
IBM Security Access Manager| 9.0 - 9.0.4.0 IF 1

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF|APAR|Remediation
—|—|—|—
IBM Security Access Manager for Web | 7.0 - 7.0.0.30 | IJ03458| Apply Interim Fix 31:
7.0.0-ISS-WGA-IF0031
IBM Security Access Manager for Web (appliance)| 8.0 - 8.0.1.6| IJ03456| Upgrade to 8.0.1.7:
8.0.1-ISS-WGA-FP0007
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile (appliance)| 8.0 - 8.0.1.6| IJ03457| Upgrade to 8.0.1.7:
8.0.1-ISS-ISAM-FP0007
IBM Security Access Manager (appliance)| 9.0 - 9.0.4.0 IF 1| IJ03456| 1. For versions prior to 9.0.4.0, upgrade to 9.0.4.0:
9.0.4-ISS-ISAM-FP0000

2. Apply 9.0.4.0 IF2:
9.0.4.0-ISS-ISAM-IF0002

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.