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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM MessageSight (CVE-2016-3598)

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Versions 7, 7R1 and 8 that is used by IBM MessageSight. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2016.

Vulnerability Details

If you run your own Java code using the IBM Java Runtime delivered with this product, you should evaluate your code to determine whether the complete list of vulnerabilities are applicable to your code. For a complete list of vulnerabilities please refer to the link for “IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin” located in the “References” section for more information.
CVEID: CVE-2016-3598
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component has high confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and high availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 9.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/115269 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

MessageSight 1.1
MessageSight 1.2 – 1.2.0.3
MessageSight 2.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product


VRMF
APAR
Remediation/First Fix
IBM MessageSight1.1IT177371.1.0.1-IBM-IMA-IFIT17737

IBM MessageSight
1.2		IT177371.2.0.3-IBM-IMA-IFIT17737
IBM MessageSight2.0IT177372.0.0.1-IBM-IMA-IFIT17737

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

03 November 2017: 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.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21992715

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