Security Bulletin: Tivoli Management Framework affected by vulnerabilities in IBM JRE (CVE-2012-4820, CVE-2012-4821, CVE-2012-4822, CVE-2012-4823)

VULNERABILITY DETAILS:

CVE IDs: CVE-2012-4820, CVE-2012-4821, CVE-2012-4822, CVE-2012-4823

DESCRIPTION:
There are a number of vulnerabilities in the IBM JAVA SDK that affect various components (ORB, XML and JMX). The vulnerabilities allow code running under a security manager to escalate its privileges by modifying or removing the security manager. Some of the issues need to be combined in sequence to achieve an exploit.

The vulnerabilities could occur when the IBM JRE is installed as the system JRE, such that it may be used to execute untrusted Java applets or Web Start applications in a browser.

CVEID: CVE-2012-4820
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/78764 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVEID: CVE-2012-4821
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/78765 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVEID: CVE-2012-4822
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/78766 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
CVEID: CVE-2012-4823
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/78767 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS:
Tivoli Management Framework 4.3.1

Note: Tivoli Management Framework 4.1.1 uses IBM JRE 1.3.1. IBM JRE 1.3.1 has already reached end of support. So basically, a new fix for JRE 1.3.1 is not provided by IBM and the vulnerability information is also not reported by IBM. If a customer has any concerns about these vulnerabilities, we recommend to upgrade the Framework from 4.1.1 to 4.3.1.

REMEDIATION:

JRE 1.4.2 for Tivoli Management Framework 4.3.1:

On 4.3.1 TMR/MN/GW (AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows):

Apply the JRE patch 4.3.1-TMF-0028

On 4.3.1 Mobile endpoint (Windows):

Apply the Tivoli Mobile Console patch 4.3.1-TMF-0029



Fix	VRMF	APAR	How to acquire fix
4.3.1-TMF-0028	4.3.1	IV31408	http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24033796
4.3.1-TMF-0029	4.3.1	IV31409	http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24033797


WORKAROUND(S):
None.

MITIGATION(S):
None.

REFERENCES:
• Complete CVSS Guide
• On-line Calculator V2
• CVE-2011-4820
• X-Force Vulnerability Database http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/78764
• CVE-2011-4821
• X-Force Vulnerability Database http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/78765
• CVE-2011-4822
• X-Force Vulnerability Database http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/78766
• CVE-2011-4823
• X-Force Vulnerability Database http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/78767


RELATED INFORMATION:
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Sep/38

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Adam Gowdiak of Security Explorations.

CHANGE HISTORY

Date of Creation/Update	Summary of Changes
November 15, 2012	Flash published
November 16, 2012	Changed the description of Abstract
November 30, 2012	Changed the target date for the release of the fixes
December 4, 2012	Added the URLs to acquire the fixes instead of the target dates because the fixes have been released.
January 29, 2013	Added the comments regarding Tivoli Management Framework 4.1.1


*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 Flash.

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