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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects Rational Insight (CVE-2015-0138)

Created by Cheng-Yee Lin on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/259293
259293

Security Bulletin


Summary

The “FREAK: Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT keys" TLS/SSL client and server vulnerability affects IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 6 that is used by Rational Insight.

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 http://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)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational Insight 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.1.1, 1.1.1.2, 1.1.1.3, 1.1.1.4, 1.1.1.5 and 1.1.1.6

Remediation/Fixes

Apply the recommended fixes to all affected versions of Rational Insight.


Rational Insight 1.1


Rational Insight 1.1.1, 1.1.1.1 and 1.1.1.2


Rational Insight 1.1.1.3


Rational Insight 1.1.1.4 and 1.1.1.5 and 1.1.1.6

  1. If the Data Collection Component or Jazz Reporting Serivce are used, perform this step first.
    Review the topics in http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21699296 for addressing the listed vulnerabilities in their underlying Jazz Team Server.
  2. If the Cognos-based reporting server is used, also perform this step.
    Download the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1.1 Interim Fix 9 (Implemented by file 10.2.5006.1016)
    Review technote 1679283: Installing Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1.x fix pack in Rational Reporting for Development Intelligence 2.0.x/5.0.x and Rational Insight 1.1.1.x for the detailed instructions for patch application.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Acknowledgement

The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Karthikeyan Bhargavan of the PROSECCO team at INRIA

*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.

Internal Use Only

PSIRT # 2913 Record # 50657

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21700511