IBM SECURITY ADVISORY

First Issued:Wed Apr 5 23:21:06 CDT 2017

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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect AIX
CVE-2016-5552 CVE-2017-3231 CVE-2017-3241 CVE-2017-3253 CVE-2017-3259
CVE-2017-3261 CVE-2017-3272 CVE-2016-2183 CVE-2016-5548 CVE-2016-5549
CVE-2017-3252 CVE-2017-3289 CVE-2016-5547 CVE-2016-5546

SUMMARY:

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition,
Versions 6, 7, 7.1, 8 that are used by AIX. These issues were disclosed
as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2017.

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VULNERABILITY DETAILS:

CVEID: CVE-2017-3289
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded
related to the Hotspot component has high confidentiality impact, high integrity
impact, and high availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 9.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120861 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-3272
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded
related to the Libraries component has high confidentiality impact, high
integrity impact, and high availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 9.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120862 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-3241
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE Java SE Embedded
and Jrockit related to the RMI component has high confidentiality impact, high
integrity impact, and high availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 9
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120867 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-3253
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE Java SE Embedded and
Jrockit related to the 2D component could allow a remote attacker to cause a
denial of service resulting in a high availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120868 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5546
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE Java SE Embedded and
Jrockit related to the Libraries component has no confidentiality impact, high
integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120869 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5548
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded
related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker to obtain
sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown
attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120864 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5549
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded
related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive
information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120863 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-3252
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE Java SE Embedded
and Jrockit related to the JAAS component has no confidentiality impact,
high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120870 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5547
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE Java SE Embedded
and Jrockit related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker
to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120871 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5552
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE Java SE Embedded
and Jrockit related to the Networking component has no confidentiality impact,
low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120872 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-3261
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded
related to the Networking component could allow a remote attacker to obtain
sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown
attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120866 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-3231
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded
related to the Networking component could allow a remote attacker to obtain
sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown
attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120865 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-3259
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the
Deployment component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information
resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120859 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefin
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-2183
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information,
caused by an error in the DES/3DES cipher, used as a part of the SSL/TLS protocol.
By capturing large amounts of encrypted traffic between the SSL/TLS server and the
client, a remote attacker able to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit
this vulnerability to recover the plaintext data and obtain sensitive information.
This vulnerability is known as the SWEET32 Birthday attack.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116337 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS:

    AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2
    VIOS 2.2.x

    The following fileset levels (VRMF) are vulnerable, if the 
    respective Java version is installed:
    For Java6:    Less than 6.0.0.641 
    For Java7:    Less than 7.0.0.601
    For Java7.1:  Less than 7.1.0.401
    For Java8:    Less than 8.0.0.401

    Note: To find out whether the affected Java filesets are installed 
    on your systems, refer to the lslpp command found in AIX user's guide.

    Example:  lslpp -L | grep -i java

REMEDIATION:

    IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 6 Service Refresh 16 Fix 
    Pack 41 and subsequent releases:
32-bit: https://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/IBM+SDKs+for+Java+Technology/Java+Standard+Edition+%28Java+SE%29&release=6.0.0.0&platform=AIX+32-bit,+pSeries&function=all
64-bit: https://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/IBM+SDKs+for+Java+Technology/Java+Standard+Edition+%28Java+SE%29&release=6.0.0.0&platform=AIX+64-bit,+pSeries&function=all

  IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 7 Service Refresh 10 Fix
    Pack 1 and subsequent releases:
32-bit: https://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/IBM+SDKs+for+Java+Technology/Java+Standard+Edition+%28Java+SE%29&release=7.0.0.0&platform=AIX+32-bit,+pSeries&function=all 
64-bit: https://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/IBM+SDKs+for+Java+Technology/Java+Standard+Edition+%28Java+SE%29&release=7.0.0.0&platform=AIX+64-bit,+pSeries&function=all

  IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 7R1 Service Refresh 4
    Fix Pack 1 and subsequent releases:
32-bit: https://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/IBM+SDKs+for+Java+Technology/Java+Standard+Edition+%28Java+SE%29&release=7.1.0.0&platform=AIX+32-bit,+pSeries&function=all
64-bit: https://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/IBM+SDKs+for+Java+Technology/Java+Standard+Edition+%28Java+SE%29&release=7.1.0.0&platform=AIX+64-bit,+pSeries&function=all

  IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 8 Service Refresh 4
    Fix Pack 1 and subsequent releases:
32-bit: https://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/IBM+SDKs+for+Java+Technology/Java+Standard+Edition+%28Java+SE%29&release=8.0.0.0&platform=AIX+32-bit,+pSeries&function=all 
64-bit: https://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/IBM+SDKs+for+Java+Technology/Java+Standard+Edition+%28Java+SE%29&release=8.0.0.0&platform=AIX+64-bit,+pSeries&function=all

WORKAROUNDS AND MITIGATIONS:

    None.

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REFERENCES:

Complete CVSS v2 Guide:
    http://www.first.org/cvss/v2/guide 
On-line Calculator v2:
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IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin:
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

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CHANGE HISTORY:

First Issued:Wed Apr  5 23:21:06 CDT 2017 

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*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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