Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7 Service Refresh 9 Fix Pack 20 that is used by IBM Operations Analytics - Predictive Insights. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2016 and includes the vulnerability commonly referred to as “SLOTH”.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-7575
DESCRIPTION: The TLS protocol could allow weaker than expected security caused by a collision attack when using the MD5 hash function for signing a ServerKeyExchange message during a TLS handshake. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate a TLS server and obtain credentials. This vulnerability is commonly referred to as “SLOTH”.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109415 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N).
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Operations Analytics - Predictive Insight 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3
Remediation/Fixes
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Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| IBM Operations Analytics - Predictive Insights | 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3 | None | See work around |
Workarounds and Mitigations
Installation Instructions
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As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI component, e.g scadmin
Check your current version of Java and if it is less than java-sdk-7.0-9.30 follow the steps below.
<UI_HOME>/ibm-java-x86_64-70/bin/java -version
1.Download java-sdk-7.0-9.30 from Fix Central
2. Stop the UI server used by IBM Operations Analytics - Predictive Insights
/<UI_HOME>/bin/pi.sh -stop
where UI_HOME is typically /opt/IBM/scanalytics/UI
3. cd <UI_HOME>
4. Rename JAVA SDK installation folder
mv ibm-java-x86_64-70 ibm-java-x86_64-70_orig
5. untar java-sdk-7.0-9.30 into <UI_HOME> folder (this will create a new ibm-java-x86_64-70 folder in <UI_HOME>)
6. start UI server
<UI_HOME>/bin/pi.sh -start
Remove Update Instructions
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As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI component, e.g scadmin
1. Stop the UI server used by IBM Operations Analytics - Predictive Insights
<UI_HOME>/bin/pi.sh -stop
where UI_HOME is typically /opt/IBM/scanalytics/UI
3. cd <UI_HOME>
4. mv ibm-java-x86_64-70 ibm-java-x86_64-70_iFix
5. Replace the JAVA SDK installation folder with the original
mv ibm-java-x86_64-70_orig ibm-java-x86_64-70
5. start UI server
<UI_HOME>/bin/pi.sh -start
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References
Acknowledgement
CVE-2015-7575 was reported to IBM by Karthikeyan Bhargavan at INRIA in Paris, France
Change History
2 February 2016: Original version 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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21976169