Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect Content Manager Enterprise Edition

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Versions 7 & 8 used by Content Manager Enterprise Edition. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in Jan 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, refer to the “IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin”, located in the References section for more information.

CVEID: CVE-2016-5552 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability 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-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

Content Manager Enterprise Edition v8.5.0 - v8.5.0.6
Content Manager Enterprise Edition v8.4.3

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF |APAR|Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
Content Manager Enterprise Edition | v8.5.0 - v8.5.0.6 | None | Fix available in 8.5.Fix Pack 6 Testfix2 on Fix Central along with ReadMe.
v8.4.3 | None | See Workaround and Mitigations section

Workarounds and Mitigations

For Content Manager Enterprise Edition v8.4.3, upgrade to 8.5 fix pack 6 and apply the fix.