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Security Bulletin:Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect System Storage DS8000

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Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities exisit in the IBM JRE used by System Storage DS8000. These were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates - July 2015

This release also enforces the removal of RC4 in IBM JAVA (CVE-2015-2808) also known as BarMitzva to ensure that no present or future releases can enable ciphers which use RC4. This is an additional safeguard.

Vulnerability Details




CVEID: CVE-2015-2613
DESCRIPTION:
An unspecified vulnerability and Java SE Embedded related to the JCE component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104734 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-2601
DESCRIPTION:
An unspecified vulnerability related to the JCE component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104733 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-2625
DESCRIPTION:
An unspecified vulnerability related to the JSSE component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 2.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104743 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-1931
DESCRIPTION:
IBM Java Security Components store plain text data in memory dumps, which could allow a local attacker to obtain information to aid in further attacks against the system.
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/102967 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)


CVEID: CVE-2015-2808
DESCRIPTION:
 The RC4 algorithm, as used in the TLS protocol and SSL protocol, could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to remotely expose account credentials without requiring an active man-in-the-middle session. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to retrieve credit card data or other sensitive information. This vulnerability is commonly referred to as "Bar Mitzvah Attack".
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101851 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

DS8870, DS8800, DS87000 are all impacted by these vulnerabilities.

Remediation/Fixes

The patch release can be applied to the following minimum versions:

  • DS8870 - 87.31.23.0 ( R7.3)
  • DS8870 - 87.41.17.0 (R7.4)
  • DS8870 - 87.51.14.0 (R7.5)
  • DS8800 - 86.31.167.0 (R6.3)
  • DS8700 - 76.31.143.0 (R6.3)

Customers with versions at levels below the the above minimum levels are advised to upgrade.

The following releases contain the remediation for the vulnerabilities.



ProductVRMFAPARRemediation/Fix
DS887087.51.23.0 (R7.5 SP2)
11/9/2015
DS887087.41.42.0 (R7.4 SP4)
11/9/2015
DS880086.31.184.0
11/9/2015
DS870076.31.159.0
11/9/2015
DS8700/8800/8870See aboveCVE_4Q2015_v1.011/9/2015

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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*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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Document Information

Modified date:
24 May 2022

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