Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provide a system whereby administrators can set up authentication policies without having to recompile programs to handle authentication.
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile is affected by a Linux-PAM vulnerability.
CVEID: CVE-2015-3238**
DESCRIPTION:** Linux-PAM could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the _unix_run_helper_binary function in the pam_unix module. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an overly large password to enumerate usernames and cause the system to hang.
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106368 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile 8.0 appliances, all firmware versions
IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 appliances, all firmware versions
The table below provides links to patches for all affected versions. Follow the installation instructions in the README file included with the patch.
Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation |
---|---|---|---|
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile | 8.0 - 8.0.1.3 | IV80976 | 1. For 8.0-8.0.1.2 environments, upgrade to 8.0.1.3: |
8.0.1-ISS-ISAM-FP0003 | |||
2. Apply 8.0.1.3 Interim Fix 4: | |||
8.0.1.3-ISS-ISAM-IF0004 | |||
IBM Security Access Manager | 9.0 | IV80975 | 1. Upgrade to 9.0.0.1: |
9.0.0-ISS-ISAM-FP0001 | |||
2. Apply 9.0.0.1 Interim Fix 1: | |||
9.0.0.1-ISS-ISAM-IF0001 |