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Security Bulletin: Current releases of the IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition are affected by CVE-2016-0603

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Summary

JRE/SDK installation executables on the Windows platform are affected by this vulnerability

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0603
Description: The IBM Java JRE/SDK could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error during the installation process. By persuading a victim to visit a specially crafted web site and downloading files prior to installation, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain complete control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.600
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110446 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

This vulnerability affects IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 6 Service Refresh 16 Fix Pack 20 and earlier releases
This vulnerability affects IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 7 Service Refresh 9 Fix Pack 30 and earlier releases
This vulnerability affects IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 7R1 Service Refresh 3 Fix Pack 30 and earlier releases
This vulnerability affects IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 8 Service Refresh 2 Fix Pack 10 and earlier releases

Remediation/Fixes

The fix for this vulnerability is included in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 6 Service Refresh 16 Fix Pack 21 and subsequent releases
The fix for this vulnerability is included in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 7 Service Refresh 9 Fix Pack 31 and subsequent releases
The fix for this vulnerability is included in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 7R1 Service Refresh 3 Fix Pack 31 and subsequent releases
The fix for this vulnerability is included in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 8 Service Refresh 2 Fix Pack 11 and subsequent releases

IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition releases can be downloaded, subject to the terms of the developerWorks license, from here

IBM customers requiring an update for an SDK shipped with an IBM product should contact IBM support, and/or refer to the appropriate product security bulletin.

The APAR for this issue is IV81648.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Oracle Security Alert for CVE-2016-0603

Change History

23 February 2016: Original version published
25 February 2016: Minor change to vulnerability description

*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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21977549

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