Security Bulletin
Summary
The “FREAK: Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT keys" TLS/SSL client and server vulnerability affects IBM® Runtime Java™ Technology Edition, Version 5.0 that is used by Tivoli Netcool Service Quality Manager.
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
This vulnerability affects Tivoli Netcool Service Quality Manager 4.1.4
Remediation/Fixes
IBM has provided patches for all affected versions.
The IBM Java Runtime Environment Technology Edition, Version 5.0 Service Refresh 16 Fix Pack 9 can be downloaded from the IBM Fix Central site:
https://delivery04.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/WSA/04x1e/0/jre564redist.tar.gz
To install the patch the following procedure has to be performed on TNSQM servers:
$ sap stop
$ sapmon stop
$ sapmgr stop
$ cd ${WMCROOT}/java
$ mv jre jre.old
$ gunzip -c <location of patch>/jre564redist.tar.gz | tar -xf -
$ sapmon start
$ sapmgr start
$ sap start
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
*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
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Product Synonym
TNSQM
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21701247