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Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM® Java SDK that affect IBM Security Directory Suite (CVE-2016-5597) - October 2016 CPU

Created by Pradip Jadav on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/557307
557307

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition that is shipped with IBM Security Directory Suite. The issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2016 and includes the vulnerability.

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 Security Directory Suite 8.0.1.0

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Product

Fix Availability
IBM Security Directory Suite8.0.1.1-ISS-ISDS_20170301-2234.pkg

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

Initial Version - Nov 21, 2016
Revised document - Mar 10, 2017

*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:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21994296