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Security Bulletin: Kerberos vulnerability in IBM Java Runtime affects Collaboration and Deployment Services

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in Java SE related to the Kerberos component in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version JRE8SR5FP36, JRE8SR5FP40 and JRE8SR6FP6 used by Collaboration and Deployment Services. This issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-2949
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Kerberos component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/169254 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.2
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.2.1

Remediation/Fixes

 

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.2.0.0PH287468.2.0.0
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.2.1.0PH287468.2.1.0

 

Fixes for Components:

SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Repository Server deployed to WebSphere Liberty profile.

Important Notes:

For the Repository Server deployed to WebSphere Application Server traditional, it uses JRE for Websphere, please refer to Websphere document and upgrade JRE from IBM Installation Manager.

For the Repository Server deployed to other Application Server, please contact vendor for vulnerability and remediation information.

You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues in your environment.

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

Change History

25 Aug 2020: Initial Publication

*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 Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
25 August 2020

Initial Publish date:
25 August 2020

UID

ibm16322031

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