Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager is affected by an OpenSSL vulnerability (CVE-2016-8610)

Summary

IBM Security Access Manager has addressed the following OpenSSL vulnerability known as “SSL-Death-Alert”.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-8610**
DESCRIPTION:** The SSL/TLS protocol is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when processing ALERT packets during a SSL handshake. By sending specially-crafted plain-text ALERT packets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available CPU resources. Note: This vulnerability is called “SSL-Death-Alert”.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118296 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected IBM Security Access Manager Appliance

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Affected Versions

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IBM Security Access Manager for Web (appliance)| 7.0 - 7.0.0.30
IBM Security Access Manager for Web| 8.0 - 8.0.1.5
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile| 8.0 - 8.0.1.5
IBM Security Access Manager| 9.0 - 9.0.3.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF|APAR|Remediation
—|—|—|—
IBM Security Access Manager for Web| 7.0 - 7.0.0.30 (appliance)| IV98170| Apply Interim Fix 31:
7.0.0-ISS-WGA-IF0031
IBM Security Access Manager for Web| 8.0.0.0 -
8.0.1.5| IV98217| Upgrade to 8.0.1.6:
8.0.1-ISS-WGA-FP0006
IBM Security Access Manager for Mobile| 8.0.0.0 -
8.0.1.5| IV98219| Upgrade to 8.0.1.6:
8.0.1-ISS-ISAM-FP0006
IBM Security Access Manager| 9.0 -
9.0.3.0| IV98217| 1. For versions prior to 9.0.3.0, upgrade to 9.0.3.0:
IBM Security Access Manager V9.0.3 Multiplatform, Multilingual (CRW4EML)
2. Upgrade to 9.0.3.0 IF 2:
9.0.3.0-ISS-ISAM-IF0002

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.