Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager for Web is affected by a command injection vulnerability (CVE-2015-5018)

Summary

IBM Security Access Manager for Web allows attackers to run arbitrary commands on the Operating System of the appliance. An attacker with access to the LMI could use a command injection attack to gain elevated access to the appliance.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-5018**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM Security Access Manager for Web allows attackers to run arbitrary commands on the Operating System of the appliance. An attacker with access to the LMI could use a command injection attack to gain elevated access to the appliance.
CVSS Base Score: 8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106462 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

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 9.0 appliances, all firmware versions

Remediation/Fixes

The table below provides links to patches for all affected versions. Follow the installation instructions in the README file included with the patch.

2. Apply 8.0.1.3 Interim Fix 3:
8.0.1.3-ISS-WGA-IF0003
IBM Security Access Manager| 9.0| IV78768| 1. Apply 9.0.0.0 Interim Fix 1:
9.0.0.0-ISS-ISAM-IF0001