Security Bulletin: IBM Systems Director (ISD) is affected by vulnerabilities in the IBM Java SDK (CVE-2013-0169, CVE-2013-4002)

Vulnerability Details

Abstract

IBM Systems Director contains a version of IBM Java SDK that contained vulnerabilities CVE-2013-0169, CVE-2013-4002.

Content

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0169

Description: Allows Remote attackers to conduct distinguishing attacks and plaintext-recovery attacks via statistical analysis of timing data for crafted packets, aka the "Lucky Thirteen" issue.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/81902 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4002

Description: The XML Parser that is shipped with the IBM Java SDK is vulnerable to a denial of service attack.

CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/85260 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

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, 6.1.x.x, 6.2.x.x, 6.3.x.x

Remediation:

Upgrade to IBM systems Director 6.3.5, or open a PMR with support to request an APAR. Emergency fix may be provided where technically feasible.

To upgrade, visit Fix Central and select SysDir6_3_5_<Platform> update package for IBM Systems Director.

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None

References:

• Complete CVSS Guide
• On-line Calculator V2

Related Information:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal

Acknowledgement

None

Change History
13 November 2014: Original Copy 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 Flash.

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