Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM WebSphere MQ (CVE-2014-4263, CVE-2014-4244, CVE-2014-3068 )

Security Bulletin

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Versions 5.0 SR16-FP6 and earlier, 6 SR16 and earlier and 7 SR7 and earlier that are used by IBM WebSphere MQ. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2014.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-4263
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and JRockit related to the Security component has partial confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94606 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2014-4244
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and JRockit related to the Security component has partial confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94605 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2014-3068
DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability in the Java Certificate Management System (CMS) keystore provider potentially allows brute-force private key recovery from CMS keystores.
CVSS Base Score: 2.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93756 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM JRE 5 (maintenance levels older than SR16 FP6) provided by WebSphere MQ 7.0.1.12 and earlier on all platforms (except IBM i and z/OS)

IBM JRE 6 (maintenance levels older than SR16) provided by WebSphere MQ 7.1.0.5 and earlier and WebSphere MQ 7.5.0.4 and earlier on all platforms (except IBM i and z/OS)

IBM JRE 7 (maintenance levels older than SR7) provided by WebSphere MQ 8.0.0.0 on all platforms (except IBM i and z/OS)

IBM JRE 7 (maintenance levels older than SR7) provided by WebSphere MQ 8.0.0.1 on HP-UX

Remediation/Fixes

WebSphere MQ 7.0.1: Apply fix pack 7.0.1.13 when available. In the interim apply APAR IT06182
WebSphere MQ 7.1: Apply fix pack 7.1.0.6.
WebSphere MQ 7.5: Apply fix pack 7.5.0.5 when available. In the interim apply APAR IV67334
WebSphere MQ 8.0: Apply fix pack 8.0.0.1 (except HP-UX). For HP-UX apply fix pack 8.0.0.2 when available, in the interim contact IBM Support

Workarounds and Mitigations

None known

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References

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Change History

14 JAN 2015: Original Copy Published
20 MAY 2015: Added in missing CVE

*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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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM WebSphere MQ (CVE-2014-4263, CVE-2014-4244, CVE-2014-3068 )