Summary

The following RSA Authentication Manager packages contain critical updates for a security vulnerability in the third-party component XStream 1.4.6.

• Authentication Manager 8.8 P3 Hotfix 2 and Web-Tier Update or later patches
• Authentication Manager 8.7 SP2 P6 Hotfix 1 and Web-Tier Update or later patches
• Authentication Manager 8.7 SP1 P3 Hotfix 3 and Web-Tier Update or later patches

RSA strongly recommends applying this critical update at the earliest opportunity on the following affected RSA products:

In order to apply this critical update, customers using Authentication Manager versions below AM 8.7 SP1 need to upgrade AM to a higher version and apply the patch/hotfix.

Note: All the hotfixes should be applied on the latest patches only.

For instructions on installing the hotfixes, refer to the following documents:

• Authentication Manager 8.8 Patches and Hotfixes Readme
• Authentication Manager 8.7 SP2 P6 Hotfix 1 Readme
• Authentication Manager 8.7 SP1 P3 Hotfix 3 Readme

CVEs Resolved in AM 8.8 Patch 3 Hotfix 2, AM 8.7 SP2 Patch 6 Hotfix 1, and AM 8.7 SP1 Patch 3 Hotfix 3

CVE-2013-7285, CVE-2021-21342, CVE-2021-21345, CVE-2021-21346, CVE-2021-21347, CVE-2021-21350, CVE-2021-21351

Details

Third-party components are updated for the following vulnerabilities:

Severity Rating

For an explanation of Severity Ratings, refer to the RSA Vulnerability Disclosure Policy. RSA recommends all customers take into account both the base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores which may impact the potential severity associated with a particular security vulnerability.

See NVD (http://nvd.nist.gov/) for individual scores for each CVE.

EOPS Policy

RSA has a defined End of Primary Support policy associated with all major versions. Please refer to the Product Version Life Cycle for additional details.

Legal Information

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