Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager for Web is affected by a vulnerability in the WebSEAL HTTPTransformation request processing (CVE-2015-4963)

Summary

IBM Security Access Manager for Web is affected by a vulnerability in the processing of HTTPTransformation requests in WebSEAL. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to gain access to readable/writable files on the system.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-4963** **
DESCRIPTION: IBM Security Access Manager for Web could allow a remote attacker to gain access to readable/writable files on the system.

CVSS Base Score: 4.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/105566 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Access Manager for Web 7.0 software, all releases

IBM Security Access Manager for Web 7.0 appliance, all firmware releases

IBM Security Access Manager for Web 8.0, all firmware releases

Remediation/Fixes

The table below provides links to patches for all affected IBM Security Access Manager for Web versions. Follow the installation instructions in the README file included with the patch.