Security Bulletin: OpenSource MIT Kerberos Vulnerabilities affect IBM Security Access Manager for Web (CVE-2015-2698)

Summary

IBM Security Access Manager for Web is affected by a vulnerability in MIT Kerberos.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-2698**
DESCRIPTION:** MIT Kerberos 5 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to prevent access to a specific pointer by the iakerb_gss_export_sec_context() function. By interacting with an application that calls the gss_export_sec_context() function, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109404&gt; 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: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.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.