Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager Appliance is affected by a kernel vulnerability (CVE-2017-7558)

Summary

IBM Security Access Manager Appliance has addressed the following vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2017-7558
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by flaws in the inet_diag_msg_sctpaddrs_fill, inet_diag_msg_sctpladdrs_fill and sctp_get_sctp_info functions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/130875&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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 - 9.0.4.0

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to 9.0.5.0:

9.0.5-ISS-ISAM-FP0000

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.