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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in IBM® Java™ Runtime affect WebSphere Dashboard Framework (CVE-2016-5573, CVE-2016-5597)

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Summary

There are vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 6 that is used by WebSphere Dashboard Framework. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2016. The vulnerabilities may affect some configurations of products bundled with WebSphere Dashboard Framework.

Vulnerability Details

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)

Affected Products and Versions

WebSphere Dashboard Framework 7.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARFix
WebSphere Dashboard Framework (Windows)7.0.1LO90864Download the fix
WebSphere Dashboard Framework (Linux)7.0.1LO90865Download the fix

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

18 November 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21994184

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