Security Bulletin: Fixes for Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance available

Summary

There are multiple security vulnerabilities in various components used by IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-5352**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSH could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error when making connections after ForwardX11Timeout expired. If X11 connections are forwarded with ForwardX11Trusted=no, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass XSECURITY restrictions.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104418 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-6563**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSH could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the acceptance of extraneous username data in MONITOR_REQ_PAM_INIT_CTX requests by the monitor component in sshd. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct impersonation attacks.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/105881 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)

CVEID: CVE-2015-6564**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSH could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a use-after-free error in the mm_answer_pam_free_ctx function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/105882 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance versions 7.0.0.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.2, 7.0.0.3, 7.0.1.0, 7.0.1.1, 7.0.1.3

Remediation/Fixes

Ensure that the version listed below is installed on the system.

Upgrading from firmware version 7.0.0.0 to 7.0.1.3 requires intermediate upgrade to 7.0.0.2 or 7.0.1.0. Upgrading from 7.0.0.2 or later requires no intermediate upgrade.| Apply
IBM Security Identity Manager (ISIM) 7.0.1-ISS-SIM-FP0004