Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, Version 6.0.16.2 that is used by Rational License Key Server Administration and Reporting Tool. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2015. This bulletin also addresses the “FREAK: Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT keys" TLS/SSL client and server vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-0138
DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability in various IBM SSL/TLS implementations could allow a remote attacker to downgrade the security of certain SSL/TLS connections. An IBM SSL/TLS client implementation could accept the use of an RSA temporary key in a non-export RSA key exchange ciphersuite. This could allow a remote attacker using man-in-the-middle techniques to facilitate brute-force decryption of TLS/SSL traffic between vulnerable clients and servers.
This vulnerability is also known as the FREAK attack.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/100691 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2014-3566
DESCRIPTION: Multiple products could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a design error when using the SSLv3 protocol. A remote user with the ability to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability via the POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) attack to decrypt SSL sessions and calculate the plaintext of secure connections.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97013 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2014-6593
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JSSE component has partial confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100153 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
This vulnerability impacts the following RLKS components and its releases:
- RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.4
- RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.4.2
- RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.4.3
- RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.4.4
- RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.4.5
- RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.4.6
- RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.4.7
- RLKS Administration Agent version 8.1.4
- RLKS Administration Agent version 8.1.4.2
- RLKS Administration Agent version 8.1.4.3
- RLKS Administration Agent version 8.1.4.4
- RLKS Administration Agent version 8.1.4.5
- RLKS Administration Agent version 8.1.4.6
Remediation/Fixes
Replace the JRE used in IBM RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool and IBM RLKS Administration Agent.
Steps to replace the JRE in IBM RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool (All Versions)
1. Go to Fix Central
2. On the Find product tab, enter Rational Common Licensing in the Product Selector field and hit enter.
3. Select the Installed Version and hit continue button.
4. Select the platform of the machine where RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool is installed and hit continue button.
5. On the Identify fixes page, select Browse for fixes and select Show fixes that apply to this version and hit continue button.
6. Download the Java runtime iFix for RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool.
Note: Although the name of the iFix is RLKS_Administration_And_Reporting_Tool_8146_Admin_iFix_1_<Platform>_<Architecture>, the same ifix is applicable to all previous RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool versions.
7. Shutdown RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool.
8. Go to the installation location of RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool.
9. Rename <install location>/server/jre folder to <install location>/server/jre_back.
This step backs up the existing JRE.
10. Extract the downloaded JRE into <install location>/server/ folder
Example: <install location>/server/jre
11. Startup RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool.
12. Login to the tool using rcladmin user and verify that you see the configured license servers under 'Server' tab.
How to fix this vulnerability in IBM RLKS Administration Agent (All Versions)?
Upgrade to the IBM RLKS Administration Agent version 8.1.4.7.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
CVE-2015-0138 was reported to IBM by Karthikeyan Bhargavan of the PROSECCO team at INRIA
Change History
25 Mar 2015: 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:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21700073