Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager appliances are affected by kernel vulnerabilities

Summary

The IBM Security Access Manager appliance has addressed the following vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-9555**
DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds access error in sctp_sf_ootb(). By sending specially crafted data, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain a sensitive information or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119185 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-9084**
DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper use of the kzalloc function by vfio_pci_intrs.c. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an integer overflow and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119406 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:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-9083**
DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a mmeory corruption error in vfio_pci.c. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass integer overflow checks and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119407 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:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7117**
DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free in __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117765 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-6828**
DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to properly maintain certain SACK state in tcp_check_send_head function in include/net/tcp.h. By executing a specially-crafted SACK option, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118135 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:N/A:H)

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 / First Fix

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IBM Security Access Manager| 9.0.3.0| IJ00229| Upgrade to 9.0.3.1:
9.0.3-ISS-ISAM-FP0001

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.