Security Bulletin: Rational Performance Tester vulnerabilities due to security vulnerabilities in IBM JRE 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7 (CVE-2014-0411, CVE-2014-0453)

Security Bulletin

Summary

A potential security vulnerability exists in the IBM Java Runtime Environment component of IBM Rational Performance Tester related to the use of SSL/TLS. Patches for these vulnerabilities are available in IBM JRE 7 iFixes provided with IBM Rational Performance Tester version 8.6.

Vulnerability Details

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CVE ID: CVE-2014-0411

Description: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 5.0u55, 6u65, and 7u45; JRockit R27.7.7 and R28.2.9; Java SE Embedded 7u45; OpenJDK 7 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via vectors related to JSSE.

CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90357 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVE ID: CVE-2014-0453

Description: An Exception thrown by the Security component reveals information that an attacker could use to break RSA keys via a Bleichenbacher attack.

The fix removes the sensitive information from the Exception message.

CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92490 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM JRE provided by Rational Performance Tester versions earlier than version 8.5.1.3 on all platforms.

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to Rational Performance Tester version 8.6

Rational Performance Tester 8.6 provides IBM JRE 7 iFixes which corrects these issues.

Vendor Fix(es):

Example:

*Product*	*VRMF*	*APAR*	*Remediation/First Fix*
RPT	8.5 - 8.5.x	None	Download and apply fix Rational-RPT-JavaPatch-CVE-2014-0411 on Fix Central.
RPT	8.3 - 8.3.x	None	Download and apply fix Rational-RPT-JavaPatch-CVE-2014-0411 on Fix Central.
RPT	8.2 -8.2.x	None	Download and apply fix Rational-RPT-JavaPatch-CVE-2014-0411 on Fix Central.
RPT	8.1 - 8.1.x	None	Download and apply fix Rational-RPT-JavaPatch-CVE-2014-0411 on Fix Central.
RPT	8.0 - 8.0.x	None	Download and apply fix Rational-RPT-JavaPatch-CVE-2014-0411 on Fix Central.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

* 4 August 2014: Added CVE-2014-0453
* 18 June 2014: Added links to fixes
* 30 April 2014: Original copy 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.

Disclaimer

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Security Bulletin: Rational Performance Tester vulnerabilities due to security vulnerabilities in IBM JRE 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7 (CVE-2014-0411, CVE-2014-0453)