Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 used by the Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in Jan 2017.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-5547
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120871 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:L)
CVEID: CVE-2016-5548
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120864 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2016-5549
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120863 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2016-2183
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the DES/3DES cipher, used as a part of the SSL/TLS protocol. By capturing large amounts of encrypted traffic between the SSL/TLS server and the client, a remote attacker able to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability to recover the plaintext data and obtain sensitive information. This vulnerability is known as the SWEET32 Birthday attack.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116337 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
The Elastic Storage Server 5.0
The Elastic Storage Server 4.5.0 - 4.5.1
The Elastic Storage Server 4.0.0 - 4.0.6
The Elastic Storage Server 3.5.0 - 3.5.6
The Elastic Storage Server 3.0.0 - 3.0.5
The Elastic Storage Server 2.5.0 - 2.5.5
The GPFS Storage Server 2.0.0 - 2.0.7
Remediation/Fixes
For the Elastic Storage Server 5.0, upgrade to 5.0.1 available at https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+%28ESS%29&release=5.0.0&platform=All&function=all
For the Elastic Storage Server 4.0.0 thru 4.0.6 and 4.5.0 thru 4.5.1, upgrade to 4.5.2 or 4.6 available at
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale+RAID&release=4.2.1&platform=All&function=all
In all cases, see the release note for details on installation.
For the Elastic Storage Server 4.0.0 thru 4.0.6, 4.5.0 thru 4.5.1, and 5.0, if you are unable to upgrade, contact IBM Service to obtain an efix referencing APAR IV94425.
For the Elastic Storage Server 2.5.0 thru 2.5.5, 3.0.0 thru 3.0.5, and 3.5.0 thru 3.5.6, contact IBM Service to obtain an efix referencing APAR IV94424.
For the GPFS Storage Server 2.0.0 thru 2.0.7, contact IBM Service to obtain an efix referencing APAR IV94424.
To contact IBM Service, see http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/
For the GPFS Storage Server 2.5, contact Lenovo at http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/servers/high-density/gpfs-storage/
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
28 March 2017: Original version published
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Information
Modified date:
08 March 2021
UID
ssg1S1010042