Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 6.0.16.26 and IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 6.0.16.26 that is used by IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business and IBM Security Access Manager for Web version 7 software. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2016.
Vulnerability Details
If you run your own Java code using the IBM Java Runtime delivered with this product, you should evaluate your code to determine whether the complete list of vulnerabilities are applicable to your code. For a complete list of vulnerabilities please refer to the link for “IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin” located in the “References” section for more information.
CVEID: CVE-2016-3550
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/115272 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2016-3485
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Networking component has no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 2.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/115273 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business version 6.0
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business version 6.1
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business version 6.1.1
IBM Security Access Manager for Web version 7.0 software release
NOTE: CVE-2016-3550 affects IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition on Solaris and HP-UX only.
Remediation/Fixes
The table below provides links to patches for all affected versions. Follow the installation instructions in the README file included with the patch.
| Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation |
| IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business | 6.0 | IV90939 | 1. Apply Interim Fix 46: 6.0.0-ISS-TAM-IF0046 |
| IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business | 6.1 | IV90939 | 1. Apply Interim Fix 28: 6.1.0-ISS-TAM-IF0028 |
| IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business | 6.1.1 | IV90939 | 1. Apply Interim Fix 28: 6.1.1-ISS-TAM-IF0028 |
| IBM Security Access Manager for Web | 7.0 (software) | IV90939 | 1. Apply Interim Fix 28: 7.0.0-ISS-SAM-IF0028 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
December 8th, 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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
16 June 2018
UID
swg21993132