Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition and IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ that are used by IBM Workload Scheduler. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2016.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-5597
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Networking component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118071 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Workload Scheduler is potentially impacted by the listed vulnerabilities since they potentially affect secure communications between eWAS and subcomponents.
The affected version is:
Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed 8.6.0
Tivoli Dynamic Workload Console 8.6.0
Remediation/Fixes
IBM has provided patches for all embedded WebSphere versions.
Follow the instructions in the link below to install the fixes for eWAS 7.0.0.39 that is embedded in TWS 8.6 fixpack 04 :
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993440
The fixes can be applied on top of TWS version 8.6 only after TWS 8.6 fixpack 04 has been installed.
For unsupported versions, releases or platforms IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.
Workarounds and Mitigations
See http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993440
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References
Change History
Originally published on Dec 5th 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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21995394