Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager Appliance is affected by vulnerabilities in Bash (CVE-2016-0634, CVE-2016-9401)

Summary

IBM Security Access Manager Appliance has addressed the following vulnerabilities that were identified in Bash.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0634**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Bash could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error related to the expansion of the $HOSTNAME. By injecting the hostname with malicious code, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 4.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121373 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-9401**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU Bash could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a use-after-free error. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted address to bypass the restricted shell.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/122314 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)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM 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 for Mobile 8.0 appliances, all firmware versions.

IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 appliances, versions 9.0 - 9.0.2.1.

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF|APAR|Remediation
—|—|—|—
IBM Security Access Manager for Web| 7.0 (appliance)| IV98160| Apply Interim Fix 31:
7.0.0-ISS-WGA-IF0031
IBM Security Access Manager for Web| 8.0.0.0 -
8.0.1.6| IV98161| 1. For versions prior to 8.0.1.6, upgrade to 8.0.1.6:
8.0.1-ISS-WGA-FP0006
2. Upgrade to 8.0.1.6 IF 1:
8.0.1.6-ISS-WGA-IF0001
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile| 8.0.0.0 -
8.0.1.6| IV98162| 1. For versions prior to 8.0.1.6, upgrade to 8.0.1.6:
8.0.1-ISS-ISAM-FP0006
2. Upgrade to 8.0.1.6 IF 1:
8.0.1.6-ISS-ISAM-IF0001
IBM Security Access Manager| 9.0 -
9.0.2.1| IV98161| 1. Upgrade to 9.0.3.0:
IBM Security Access Manager V9.0.3 Multiplatform, Multilingual (CRW4EML)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None