Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in SQLite affects IBM Security Access Manager for Web (CVE-2015-3416)

Summary

There is a denial of service vulnerability in SQLite, which affects IBM Security Access Manager for Web.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-3416**
DESCRIPTION:** SQLite is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to properly handle precision and width values during floating-point conversions by the sqlite3VXPrintf function in printf.c. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using large integers in a crafted printf function call to cause a denial of service and possibly have other unspecified impact.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102594 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Access Manager for Web 7.0 (appliance-based)

IBM Security Access Manager for Web 8.0, all firmware versions

IBM Security Access Manager 9.0, all firmware versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM has provided patches for all affected versions. Follow the installation instructions in the README files included with the patch.