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

Created by Jerry Shengulette on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/259703
259703

Security Bulletin


Summary

The “FREAK: Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT keys" TLS/SSL client and server vulnerability affects IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Versions 7, 6 that is used by Rational Functional Tester.

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: 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

All versions of Rational Functional Tester from 8.0.0.0 through 8.6.0.3

Remediation/Fixes

Vendor Fixes:

ProductVRMFAPARRemediation/First fix
RFT8.6.0 - 8.6.0.xNone
  • Download the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 7.0 Service Refresh 8 Fix Pack 10 iFix from the Fix Central and apply it.
  • Download the SWT Beans Library fix and apply it.
RFT8.5.1 - 8.5.1.xNone
  • Download the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 7.0 Service Refresh 8 Fix Pack 10 iFix from the Fix Central and apply it.
  • Download the SWT Beans Library fix and apply it
RFT8.5.0 - 8.5.0.xNone
  • Download the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 7.0 Service Refresh 8 Fix Pack 10 iFix from the Fix Central and apply it.
  • Download the SWT Beans Library fix and apply it.
RFT8.3.0 - 8.3.0.xNone
  • Download the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 7.0 Service Refresh 8 Fix Pack 10 iFix from the Fix Central and apply it.
  • Download the SWT Beans Library fix and apply it.
RFT8.2.2.xNone
  • Download the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 6.0 64-bit Service Refresh 16 Fix Pack 3 iFix  from the Fix Central and apply it.
  • Download the SWT Beans Library fix and apply it.
RFT8.2.0 - 8.2.x.xNone
  • Download the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 6.0 Service Refresh 16 Fix Pack 3 iFix from the Fix Central and apply it.
  • Download the SWT Beans Library fix and apply it.
RFT8.1.0 - 8.1.x - 8.1.x.xNone
  • Download the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 6.0 Service Refresh 16 Fix Pack 3 iFix from the Fix Central and apply it.
  • Download the SWT Beans Library fix and apply it.
RFT8.0.0.x - 8.0.x.xNone
  • Download the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 6.0 Service Refresh 16 Fix Pack 3 iFix from the Fix Central and apply it.
  • Download the SWT Beans Library fix and apply it.

Note: You should verify that applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

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IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

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

Change History

31 March 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.

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:
29 September 2018

UID

swg21700837

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