Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Security Network Protection (CVE-2016-5568, CVE-2016-5556, CVE-2016-5573, CVE-2016-5597, CVE-2016-5554, and CVE-2016-5542)

Security Bulletin

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 7 that is used by IBM Security Network Protection. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2016.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-5568
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the AWT 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/118068 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)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5556
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the 2D 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/118067 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)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5573
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded related to the Hotspot component has high confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and high availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 8.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118070 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5597
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded related to the Networking component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118071 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5554
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded related to the JMX component has no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118072 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5542
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded related to the Libraries component has no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118073 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.1
IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.2
IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.3

Remediation/Fixes

Product	VRMF	Remediation/First Fix
IBM Security Network Protection	Firmware version 5.3.1	Download Firmware 5.3.1.12 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.
IBM Security Network Protection	Firmware version 5.3.2	Install Firmware 5.3.2.6 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.
IBM Security Network Protection	Firmware version 5.3.3	Install Firmware 5.3.3.2 from the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface, or by performing a One Time Scheduled Installation from SiteProtector.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

23 January 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

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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Security Network Protection (CVE-2016-5568, CVE-2016-5556, CVE-2016-5573, CVE-2016-5597, CVE-2016-5554, and CVE-2016-5542)