Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 6 and IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 6 used by IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business and IBM Security Access Manager for Web version 7 software. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in April 2017.
Vulnerability Details
If you run your own Java code using the IBM Java Runtime delivered with this product, you should evaluate your code to determine whether the complete list of vulnerabilities are applicable to your code. For a complete list of vulnerabilities please refer to the link for “IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin" located in the “References” section for more information.
CVEID: CVE-2017-1289
DESCRIPTION: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition is vulnerable XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125150 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.1, 6.1.1
IBM Security Access Manager for Web 7.0 (software)
Remediation/Fixes
The table below provides links to patches for all affected versions. Follow the installation instructions in the README file included with the patch.
| Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation |
| IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business | 6.1 | IV97789 | 1. Apply Interim Fix 32: 6.1.0-ISS-TAM-IF0032 |
| IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business | 6.1.1 | IV97789 | 1. Apply Interim Fix 31: 6.1.1-ISS-TAM-IF0031 |
| IBM Security Access Manager for Web | 7.0 (software) | IV97789 | 1. Apply Interim Fix 31: 7.0.0-ISS-SAM-IF0031 |
For IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.0 and earlier, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported release of the product.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
9 August 2017: 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.
Disclaimer
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Document Information
Modified date:
16 June 2018
UID
swg22007069