Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business and IBM Security Access Manager for Web software

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 6 and IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 6 used by IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business and IBM Security Access Manager for Web version 7 software. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in April 2017.

Vulnerability Details

If you run your own Java code using the IBM Java Runtime delivered with this product, you should evaluate your code to determine whether the complete list of vulnerabilities are applicable to your code. For a complete list of vulnerabilities please refer to the link for “IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin" located in the “References” section for more information.

CVEID: CVE-2017-1289**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition is vulnerable XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125150 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.1, 6.1.1

IBM Security Access Manager for Web 7.0 (software)

Remediation/Fixes

The table below provides links to patches for all affected versions. Follow the installation instructions in the README file included with the patch.

For IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.0 and earlier, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported release of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None