CVE-2020-4661
IBM Security Verify Access (formerly ISAM) vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

IBM Security Access Manager Appliance vulnerability (CVE-2020-4661) allows attackers to obtain sensitive information using timing side channel attacks, which could aid in further attacks against the system. The vulnerability affects IBM Security Access Manager 9.0.7 and IBM Security Verify Access 10.0.0 (IBM Security Bulletin).

Technical details

The vulnerability has a CVSS Base score of 5.3 with a vector of CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, indicating adjacent network attack vector, high attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction needed, unchanged scope, high confidentiality impact, and no impact on integrity or availability (IBM Security Bulletin).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to obtain sensitive information through timing side channel attacks. This information could potentially be used to facilitate further attacks against the affected system (IBM Security Bulletin).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires an adjacent network position and high attack complexity to exploit. No privileges or user interaction are required for exploitation (IBM Security Bulletin).

Mitigation and workarounds

IBM has released fixes for the affected products: IBM Security Access Manager 9.0.7.2 (fix pack: 9.0.7-ISS-ISAM-FP0002) and IBM Security Verify Access 10.0.0.1 (fix pack: 10.0.0-ISS-ISVA-FP0001). For Docker users, updated images can be pulled using specific commands: 'docker pull ibmcom/isam:9.0.7.2' for ISAM and 'docker pull ibmcom/verify-access:10.0.0.1' for ISVA. No workarounds are available (IBM Security Bulletin).

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