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Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager (CVE-2016-3426, CVE-2016-3427)

Created by Aditi Prasad on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/278735
278735

Security Bulletin


Summary

WebSphere Application Server is shipped as a component of IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager. Information about a security vulnerability affecting Websphere Application Server has been published in a security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-3427
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JMX component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 10
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112459 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVEID: CVE-2016-3426
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JCE component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a partial confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112457 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Remediation/Fixes

Update your IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) with the appropriate Interim Fix based on information in the WebSphere security bulletin link below:

  • To determine your WAS version, use the
    tklmVersionInfo
    CLI command.
  • To determine your Java version, navigate to the install folder <WAS_HOME>/AppServer/java/bin and run
    java -fullversion
Principal Product and Version(s)Affected Supporting Product and Version
    IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager (SKLM) v2.5 on distributed platforms
WebSphere Application Server v8.5.5
    IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager (SKLM) v2.6 on distributed platforms
WebSphere Application Server v8.5.5.7

Workarounds and Mitigations

Please consult the security bulletin, Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Java SDK affect WebSphere Application Server April 2016 CPU (CVE-2016-3426, CVE-2016-3427) for information about fixes.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

9 May 2016

*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:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21982928

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