Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM SDK, which is based on an Oracle Java Development Kit (JDK), is shipped with Rational Business Developer. Oracle has released the October 2014 critical patch updates (CPU) that contains security vulnerability fixes for the JDK. The IBM SDK has been updated to incorporate these fixes and security fixes that are specific to the IBM SDK. Rational Business Developer is affected by CVE-2014-6457,CVE-2014-3065 and CVE-2014-3566.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2014-6457
Description: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JSSE component has partial confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97148 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3065
Description: IBM Java SDK contains a vulnerability in which the default configuration for the shared classes feature potentially allows arbitrary code to be injected into the shared classes cache, which may subsequently be executed by other local users.
CVSS Base Score: 6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93629 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3566
Description: Product 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
Version 9.1 and previous Rational Business Developer versions are affected.
Remediation/Fixes
For RBD v9.1, please upgrade to RBD v9.1.1. For other versions, upgrade your SDK to the following interim fix level below:
| Product | VRMF | Remediation/First Fix |
| Rational Business Developer | v7.5.1.x v8.0.1.x | Apply Rational-RBD-Java6SR16FP1-ifix |
| Rational Business Developer | v8.5.0 v8.5.1.x v9.0 v9.0.1.x | Apply Rational-RBD-Java7SR7FP1-ifix |
| Rational Business Developer | v.9.1.0 | Apply Rational Business Developer 9.1.1 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
- None
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
* 17 December 2014: Original copy 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:
02 August 2018
UID
swg21691611