Security Bulletin: OpenSource MIT Kerberos Vulnerabilities affect IBM Security Access Manager for Web (CVE-2015-2695, CVE-2015-2696)

Summary

IBM Security Access Manager for Web is affected by MIT Kerberos vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-2695**
DESCRIPTION:** MIT Kerberos is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a pointer type error in the GSS-API library. By sending a specially crafted gss_inquire_context() call on a partially-established SPNEGO context, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the process to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107874 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2015-2696**
DESCRIPTION:** MIT Kerberos is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a pointer type error in the GSS-API library. By sending a specially crafted gss_inquire_context() call on a partially-established IAKERB context, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the process to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107875 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Access Manager for Web 7.0

IBM Security Access Manager for Web 8.0, all firmware versions

IBM Security Access Manager 9.0, all firmware versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM has provided patches for all affected versions. Follow the installation instructions in the README files included with the patch.