IBM SECURITY ADVISORY

First Issued: Wed Dec 21 14:38:46 CST 2016
|Updated: Fri Dec 23 10:05:04 CST 2016
|Updates: Links to the most recent version of the document are updated.
|Updated: Thu Feb 2 11:53:01 CST 2017
|Updates: CVE-2016-5582 which does NOT impact AIX has been removed from
|the advisory.

The most recent version of this document is available here:

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/java_oct2016_advisory.asc
https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/java_oct2016_advisory.asc
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/java_oct2016_advisory.asc

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect AIX
CVE-2016-5568 CVE-2016-5556 CVE-2016-5573 CVE-2016-5597
CVE-2016-5554 CVE-2016-5542

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 October 2016.

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VULNERABILITY DETAILS:

CVEID: CVE-2016-5568
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the
AWT 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/118068 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-2016-5556
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the
2D 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/118067 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-2016-5573
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: 8.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118070 for the current 
score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5597
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 high confidentiality impact 
using unknown attack vectors.   
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118071 for the current 
score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5554
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE 
Embedded related to the JMX component has no confidentiality impact, low 
integrity impact, and no availability impact.   
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118072 for the current 
score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5542
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE
Embedded related to the Libraries component has no confidentiality impact, 
low integrity impact, and no availability impact.  
CVSS Base Score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118073 for the current 
score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/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 6.0.0.635 
    For Java7:    Less than 7.0.0.560
    For Java7.1:  Less than 7.1.0.360
    For Java8:    Less than 8.0.0.321

    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 35 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 9 Fix
    Pack 60 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 3
    Fix Pack 60 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 3
    Fix Pack 21 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:
    http://nvd.nist.gov/CVSS-v2-Calculator 
Complete CVSS v3 Guide:
    http://www.first.org/cvss/user-guide 
On-line Calculator v3:
    http://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0 
IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin:
    http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21985393

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

None.

CHANGE HISTORY:

First Issued: Wed Dec 21 14:38:46 CST 2016
 |Updated: Fri Dec 23 10:05:04 CST 2016
 |Updates: Links to the most recent version of the document updated.
 |Updated: Thu Feb  2 11:53:01 CST 2017
 |Updates: CVE-2016-5582 which does NOT impact AIX has been removed from
 |the advisory.

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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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