Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in SSLv3 and multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Systems Director (CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6457 and CVE-2014-3566)

Vulnerability Details

Abstract

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Runtime Environment Java Technology Edition, Version 7 Service Refresh 7 Fix Pack 1 and earlier releases that is used by affect IBM Systems Director. This also includes a fix for the Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption (POODLE) SSLv3 vulnerability (CVE-2014-3566). These were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2014.

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6512

Description: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component has no confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/97147 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6457

Description: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JSSE component has partial confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.

CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/97148 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3566

Description: Product could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a design error when using the SSLv3 protocol. A remote user with the ability to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability via a POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) attack to decrypt SSL sessions and access the plaintext of encrypted connections.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/97013 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/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

Remediation/Fixes:

Releases 5.2.x.x, 6.1.x.x are unsupported and will not be fixed.

Follow the instructions mentioned under http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/ and search for Tech note 732521668 or http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=nas7b80574214546ff9b86257dd90065690f to apply the fix for releases:

• 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

IBM recommends that you review your entire environment to identify areas that enable the SSLv3 protocol and take appropriate mitigation and remediation actions. The most immediate mitigation action that can be taken is disabling SSLv3. You should verify disabling SSLv3 does not cause any compatibility issues.

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None.

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Reference:

• 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

Change History
19 March 2015: 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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