Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager for Web does not enforce account lockouts (CVE-2015-5010)

Summary

IBM Security Access Manager for Web does not enforce account lockouts after a certain number of failed login attempts. A remote attacker could use a brute force attack to determine the login credentials for the administrator.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-5010**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM Security Access Manager for Web does not enforce account lockouts after a certain number of failed login attempts. A remote attacker could use a brute force attack to determine the login credentials for the administrator.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106373 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Access Manager for Web 7.0 (appliance), all firmware versions

IBM Security Access Manager for Web 8.0, all firmware versions

IBM Security Access Manager 9.0, 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.