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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK 7 affect IBM Systems Director (CVE-2015-4872 CVE-2015-4840 CVE-2015-4903 )

Created by Vibha Kulkarni on

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition, Version 7 that is used by IBM Systems Director . These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2015.

Vulnerability Details


CVEID: CVE-2015-4872
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Security component has no confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.CVSS
Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107361 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-4840
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the 2D component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107353 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-4903
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the RMI component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.CVSS
Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107357 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

From the IBM System Director command line enter smcli lsver to determine the level of IBM System Director installed.

IBM Systems Director:

  • 5.2.x.x
  • 6.1.x.x
  • 6.2.0.x
  • 6.2.1.x
  • 6.3.0.0
  • 6.3.1.x
  • 6.3.2.x
  • 6.3.3.x
  • 6.3.5.0
  • 6.3.6.0
  • 6.3.7.0

Remediation/Fixes

For Releases 5.2.x.x, 6.1.x.x , 6.2.x.x , 6.3.0.0 to 6.3.3.x IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

Follow the instructions mentioned under http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/ and search for Tech note 767946525 to apply the fix for releases:

  • 6.3.5.0
  • 6.3.6.0
  • 6.3.7.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

05 April 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.

Disclaimer

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Internal Use Only

Advisory 4021 PRID 64018

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

isg3T1023588

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