Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Flex System Manager (FSM): (CVE-2014-0453, CVE-2014-0460 and CVE-2014-0878)

Vulnerability Details

Abstract

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, Versions 1.6.0 and 1.7.0 and Oracle® Java™ SE Runtime Environment, Versions 1.6.0 and 1.7.0 that is used by IBM Flex System Manager. These were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in April 2014.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0453

Description: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Security component has partial confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.

CVSS Base Score: 4.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/92490 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0460

Description: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JNDI component has partial confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.

CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/92482 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0878

Description: A vulnerability in the IBMSecureRandom implementation of the IBMJCE and IBMSecureRandom cryptographic providers potentially allows an attacker to predict the output of the random number generator under certain circumstances. Please refer to the Workarounds & Mitigation section below for additional information.

CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/91084 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Affected products and versions

• Flex System Manager 1.1.x.x
• Flex System Manager 1.2.0.x
• Flex System Manager 1.2.1.x
• Flex System Manager 1.3.0.x
• Flex System Manager 1.3.1.x
• Flex System Manager 1.3.2.x

Remediation/Fixes:

IBM recommends that you remediate these vulnerabilities through the following code upgrades:

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s)

None.

References:

• Complete CVSS Guide
• On-line Calculator V2
• IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin

Related Information:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
19 December 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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