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Abstract
IBM Rational Host On-Demand provides an IBM JRE that is based on the Oracle JRE as part of its server package for clients to download and install on client machines. There are vulnerabilities that can occur when the affected JRE is installed as the system JRE. Oracle has released October 2012 critical patch updates (CPU) which contain security vulnerability fixes and the IBM JRE that Rational Host On-Demand ships is affected.
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VULNERABILITY DETAILS
AFFECTED PRODUCTS:
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IBM JRE shipped with Host On-Demand 11.0.0.0 through 11.0.6.1.
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REMEDIATION:
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Fix:
Customers should download the Host On-Demand Version 11.0.7 release from Fix Central and update the existing Host On-Demand.
Workaround(s): None
Mitigation(s): None
REFERENCES
IBM Security Alerts: Oracle October 2012 Security Alert
Complete CVSS Guide
On-line Calculator V2 ( http://nvd.nist.gov/cvss.cfm?calculator&adv&version=2 )
RELATED INFORMATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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None
CHANGE HISTORY
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6 March 2013: Original publication
*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 References section of this Flash.
Note: According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.
| Segment | Product | Component | Platform | Version | Edition |
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| Networking | Rational Host On-Demand | General Information | AIX, HP-UX, HP Itanium, i5/OS, Linux, Linux iSeries, Linux on System z, Linux pSeries, OS/400, Solaris, Windows, z/OS | 11.0, 11.0.1.0, 11.0.2.0, 11.0.3.0, 11.0.4.0, 11.0.5.0, 11.0.5.1, 11.0.6, 11.0.6.1 |
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