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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM InfoSphere Information Server (CVE-2016-3426 CVE-2016-3427)

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Versions 6 and 7 that are used by IBM InfoSphere Information Server. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in April 2016.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-3426
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JCE component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a partial confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112457 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-3427
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JMX 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/112459 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected Products and Versions

The following product, running on all supported platforms, is affected:
IBM InfoSphere Information Server: versions 8.5, 8.7, 9.1, 11.3 and 11.5

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
InfoSphere Information Server11.5JR55811--Follow instructions in the README
InfoSphere Information Server11.3JR55811--Follow instructions in the README
InfoSphere Information Server9.1JR55811--Apply JR55811 on all tiers
InfoSphere Information Server8.7JR55811--Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 8.7 Fix Pack 2
--Apply JR55811 on all tiers
InfoSphere Information Server8.5JR55811--Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 8.5 Fix Pack 3
--Apply JR55811 on all tiers

For IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 8.1, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

21 July 2016: 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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Internal Use Only

PSIRT 76208

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21986510

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