Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile is affected by a vulnerability in nss-util (CVE-2016-1950)

Summary

Network Security Services (NSS), which is a set of libraries designed to support the cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications.

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the NSS libraries affects IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-1950**
DESCRIPTION:** Mozilla Firefox is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when the Network Security Services (NSS) libraries parsed certain ASN.1 structures. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted certificate, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111360 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile 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.