Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager Appliance is affected by a cURL vulnerability (CVE-2017-1000257)

Summary

IBM Security Access Manager Appliance has addressed the following vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2017-1000257
**DESCRIPTION:*cURL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer overread in the IMAP handler. By using a specially crafted IMAP FETCH response, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash or obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134033 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)

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

Product

| VRMF |APAR|Remediation
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IBM Security Access Manager | 9.0 - 9.0.4.0 | IJ06969 | Upgrade to 9.0.5.0:
9.0.5-ISS-ISAM-FP0000

Workarounds and Mitigations

None