Security Bulletin
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, Version 6 that is used by IBM Guardium Database Activity Monitoring, were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2014. The only fix applicable was for Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption (POODLE) SSLv3 vulnerability (CVE-2014-3566).
Vulnerability Details
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 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97013 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
Guardium Database Activity Monitoring appliances version 9 both 32 and 64 bit and version 8.2 are affected. STAPs are not affected.
Remediation/Fixes
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Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| Guardium Database Activity Monitoring | 9.0, 9.1 | The link to the patches on FixCentral: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFix?product=ibm%2FInformation+Management%2FInfoSphere+Guardium&fixids=SqlGuard-9.0p9501_9502_CVE-2014-3566&source=SAR&function=fixId&parent=ibm/Information%20Management | |
| Guardium Database Activity Monitoring | 8.2 | The link to the patches on FixCentral: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard-8.2p9501_9502_CVE-2014-3566&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc |
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.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
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References
Change History
24 November 2014
*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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
16 July 2018
UID
swg21691202