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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications (CVE-2016-5597)

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Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 6 and 7 that is used by IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2016.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-5597
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability 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

IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications V3.0
IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications V4.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications3.0.0HE12620Apply JRE update 3.0.0.2-ICCSAP-Server-JRE-7.0.9.60, and 3.0.0.2-ICCSAP-Client-JRE-7.0.9.60, which are available from Fix Central
For the download details, see http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24043205.
IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications4.0.0HE12619Apply JRE update 4.0.0.1-ICCSAP-Base-JRE-7.0.9.60, which is available from Fix Central
For the download details, seehttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24043206.

Workarounds and Mitigations

For CVE-2015-7575:

Users of Java 7 and later can address the issue by updating the /jre/lib/security/java.security file as follows (both steps are required):

  • Add MD5 to the jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms property - e.g. jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms=MD2, RSA keySize < 1024, MD5
  • Add MD5withRSA to the jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms property - e.g. jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms=SSLv3, RC4, DH keySize < 768, MD5withRSA

Java 6 requires code changes in the JSSE component in addition to the java.security file modifications, so upgrading the JDK is the only solution.

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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

Change History

5 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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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21996483

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