Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager Appliance is affected by a cURL vulnerability (CVE-2016-7167)

Summary

IBM Security Access Manager Appliance has addressed the following vulnerability in the cURL libraries used on the appliance.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-7167**
DESCRIPTION:** libcurl could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow in the curl_escape(), curl_easy_escape(), curl_unescape(), and curl_easy_unescape() functions. By sending an overly long string, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116938 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

Affected IBM Security Access Manager Appliance

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Affected Versions

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IBM Security Access Manager | 9.0.3.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product

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VRMF

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APAR

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Remediation

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IBM Security Access Manager| 9.0.3.0 | IJ02896| Upgrade to 9.0.3.1:
9.0.3-ISS-ISAM-FP0001

Workarounds and Mitigations

None