Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Versions 7 and 8 that are used by IBM Rational Software Architect, Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software and Rational Software Architect RealTime Edition.These CVE's (CVE-2016-5597, CVE-2016-5554, CVE-2016-5548, CVE-2016-5547, CVE-2016-2183) were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2017 and October 2016.
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)
CVEID: CVE-2016-5554
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JMX component has no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118072 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2016-5548
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120864 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:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2016-5547
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120871 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2016-2183
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the DES/3DES cipher, used as a part of the SSL/TLS protocol. By capturing large amounts of encrypted traffic between the SSL/TLS server and the client, a remote attacker able to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability to recover the plaintext data and obtain sensitive information. This vulnerability is known as the SWEET32 Birthday attack.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116337 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
Rational Software Architect 9.6 and earlier
Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software 9.6 and earlier
Rational Software Architect RealTime Edition 9.5 and earlier
Remediation/Fixes
Update the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition of the product to address this vulnerability:
| Product | VRMF | Remediation/First Fix |
| Rational Software Architect Designer (RSAD) | 9.5 to 9.5.0.2 9.6 | IBM Java SDK/JRE 8 SR4 FP1 IFixes |
| Rational Software Architect Designer for WebSphere Software (RSAD4WS) | 9.5 to 9.5.0.2 9.6 | IBM Java SDK/JRE 8 SR4 FP1 IFixes |
| Rational Software Architect RealTime(RSART) | 9.5 | IBM Java SDK/JRE 8 SR4 FP1 IFixes |
| Rational Software Architect (RSA) | 8.5 to 8.5.5.4 9.0 to 9.0.0.1 9.1 to 9.1.2.2 | IBM Java SDK/JRE 7 SR10 FP1 IFixes |
| Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software | 8.5 to 8.5.5.4 9.0 to 9.0.0.1 9.1 to 9.1.2.2 | IBM Java SDK/JRE 7 SR10 FP1 IFixes |
| Rational Software Architect RealTime Edition | 8.5 to 8.5.1 9.0 to 9.0.0.1 9.1 to 9.1.2 | IBM Java SDK/JRE 7 SR10 FP1 IFixes |
When running Java JVMTI execution analysis profiling, with Java 7 or 8 JDK (that is released after January 2017), you might get a Java VerifyError exception in JNI, which causes no execution analysis profiling data to display. To resolve this, apply the following fix: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22001889
Installation Instructions:
For instructions on installing this update using Installation Manager, review the topic Updating Installed Product Packages in the IBM Knowledge Center.
Instructions to download and install the update from the compressed files:
- Download the update files from Fix Central by following the link listed in the download table above
- Extract the compressed files in an appropriate directory.
For example, choose to extract to C:\temp\update
- Start IBM Installation Manager.
- On the Start page of Installation Manager, click File > Preferences, and then click Repositories. The Repositories page opens.
- On the Repositories page, click Add Repository.
- In the Add repository window, browse to or enter the file path to the repository.config file, which is located in the directory where you extracted the compressed files and then click OK.
For example, enter C:\temp\update\repository.config.
- Click OK to close the Preference page.
- Install the update as described in the the topic Updating Installed Product Packages in the IBM Knowledge Center for your product and version.
- Refer Java Profiler technote and apply Java Profiler Ifix after installation of Java Ifix (Java profiler ifix link is available along with Java Ifix )
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
10 May 2017: original document 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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Product Synonym
RSA;RSA4WS;RSART
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Document Information
Modified date:
10 September 2020
UID
swg22003082