Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7 SR8 that is used by IBM B2B Advanced Communications. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2015. This bulletin also addresses the “FREAK: Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT keys" TLS/SSL client and server vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-0138
DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability in various IBM SSL/TLS implementations could allow a remote attacker to downgrade the security of certain SSL/TLS connections. An IBM SSL/TLS client implementation could accept the use of an RSA temporary key in a non-export RSA key exchange ciphersuite. This could allow a remote attacker using man-in-the-middle techniques to facilitate brute-force decryption of TLS/SSL traffic between vulnerable clients and servers.
This vulnerability is also known as the FREAK attack.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/100691 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2014-6593
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JSSE 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/100153 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2015-0410
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Security component could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/100151 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Multi-Enterprise Integration Gateway 1.0 - 1.0.0.1
IBM B2B Advanced Communications 1.0.0.2
Remediation/Fixes
The recommended solution is to upgrade to the current release as soon as practical. Please see below for information about the fixes available.
| Fix | VRMF | APAR | How to acquire fix |
| Interim Fix 1.0.0.2_2 | 1.0.0.2 | IT07760 | IBM Fix Central > B2B_Advanced_Communications_V1.0.0.2_2_iFix_Media |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
CVE-2015-0138 was reported to IBM by Karthikeyan Bhargavan of the PROSECCO team at INRIA
Change History
2 April 2015: 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
swg21700324