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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in SSLv3 affects IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java - Health Center (CVE-2014-3566)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/518087
518087

Security Bulletin


Summary

SSLv3 contains a vulnerability that has been referred to as the Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption (POODLE) attack. SSLv3 may be used in connections between Health Center Clients and Agents.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3566

DESCRIPTION: Health Center could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a design error when using the SSLv3 protocol. A remote user with the ability to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability via a POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) attack to decrypt SSL sessions and access the plaintext of encrypted connections.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97013 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java - Health Center 2.2.1 and earlier versions

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to install the Health Center client and agent version 2.2.1.20141024 or later.

Workarounds and Mitigations

A fix release of Health Center is available. See http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/tools/healthcenter/#download for installation instructions.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

*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:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21689236

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