Security Bulletin
Summary
There is a vulnerability in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8.0.2.1 that is used by Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center and Tivoli Storage Manager Client Management Service. This vulnerability, commonly referred to as “SLOTH”, was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2016.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-7575
DESCRIPTION: The TLS protocol could allow weaker than expected security caused by a collision attack when using the MD5 hash function for signing a ServerKeyExchange message during a TLS handshake. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate a TLS server and obtain credentials. This vulnerability is commonly referred to as “SLOTH”.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score:
See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109415 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/UI:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
TSM Operations Center (IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center) levels: 6.4.1.000 through 6.4.2.300
TSM Operations Center (IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center) levels: 7.1.0.000 through 7.1.4.100
TSM Client Management Service (IBM Spectrum Protect Client Management Service) levels: 7.1.0.000 through 7.1.4.000
Remediation/Fixes
Product | VRMF | Remediation/First Fix |
Operations Center | 7.1 | 7.1.4.200 - ALL Operating Systems |
Client Management Service | 7.1 | 7.1.4.100 - ALL Operating Systems |
Operations Center | 6.4 | 6.4.2.400 - ALL Operating Systems (see NOTE below) |
NOTE:
For Operations Center that is running on IBM® AIX®, you must first install Operations Center 6.4.2.000 and then upgrade to Operations Center 6.4.2.400
You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
CVE-2015-7575 was reported to IBM by Karthikeyan Bhargavan at INRIA in Paris, France
Change History
10 Feb 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:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21976362