Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK for JavaTechnology Edition that is used by WebSphere Process Server. This also includes a fix for the Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption (POODLE) SSLv3 vulnerability (CVE-2014-3566). These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM SDK for JavaTechnology Edition updates in October 2014.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component has no confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97147 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
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)
CVEID: CVE-2014-6558
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Security component has no confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 2.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97151 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
CVEID: 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. The IBM SDK for Java Technology Edition has changed the default to eliminate the POODLE vulnerability. There is a new system property com.ibm.jsse2.disableSSLv3 It is defaulted to true so that it will not use SSLv3. If you want to take the risk you may turn SSLv3 back on with the system property: com.ibm.jsse2.disableSSLv3=false
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)
For more information on CVE-2014-3566, please refer to the links in the reference section.
IBM recommends that you review your entire environment to identify areas that enable the SSLv3 protocol and take appropriate mitigation and remediation actions. The most immediate mitigation action that can be taken is disabling SSLv3. You should verify disabling SSLv3 does not cause any compatibility issues.
Affected Products and Versions
If you are using an unsupported version, IBM strongly recommends to upgrade.
Remediation/Fixes
Be aware that the CVE-2014-3566 (POODLE) requires an additional fix for WebSphere Process Server as described in Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in SSLv3 affects WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Business Compass, WebSphere Business Modeler and WebSphere Business Modeler Publishing Server (CVE-2014-3566)
Workarounds and Mitigations
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Important Note
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References
Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Java SDK affect WebSphere Application Server October 2014 CPU
Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in SSLv3 affects WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Business Compass, WebSphere Business Modeler and WebSphere Business Modeler Publishing Server (CVE-2014-3566)
Change History
2014-12-18 - inital version published
2015-02-2 - added hypervisor edition product 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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Document Information
Modified date:
15 September 2022
UID
swg21693123