Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7 and 8 that is used by Liberty for Java for IBM Bluemix. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2015.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-2590
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 10
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104724 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
CVEID: CVE-2015-2613
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability and Java SE Embedded related to the JCE component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104734 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2015-2601
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JCE component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104733 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2015-4749
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JNDI component could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104740 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVEID: CVE-2015-1931
DESCRIPTION: IBM Java Security Components store plain text data in memory dumps, which could allow a local attacker to obtain information to aid in further attacks against the system.
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102967 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
This vulnerability affects all versions of Liberty for Java in IBM Bluemix up to and including v1.20-20150713-1450.
Remediation/Fixes
To upgrade to Liberty for Java v1.20.1-20150729-1255 or higher, you must re-stage or re-push your application. To check which version of the Liberty for Java runtime your Bluemix application is using, navigate to the "Files and Logs" for your application through the Bluemix UI. In the "logs" directory, check the "staging_task.log".
You can also find this file through the command-line Cloud Foundry client by running the following command:
cf files <appname> logs/staging_task.log
You can see
-----> Liberty Buildpack Version: _________
To re-stage your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:
cf restage <appname>
To re-push your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:
cf push <appname>
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References
Change History
11 August 2015: Original document 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:
15 June 2018
UID
swg21964161