Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM® Java SDK affects multiple IBM Rational products based on IBM Jazz technology (CVE-2016-3427)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® SDK Java Technology Edition, Version 1.6 and 1.7 that are used by IBM Jazz Team Server affecting the following IBM Jazz Team Server based Applications: Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM), Rational Requirements Composer (RRC), Rational DOORS Next Generation (RDNG), Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager (RELM), Rational Team Concert (RTC), Rational Quality Manager (RQM), Rational Rhapsody Design Manager (Rhapsody DM), and Rational Software Architect (RSA DM). These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in April 2016.

Vulnerability Details

IBM Jazz Team Server and the CLM applications (RRC, RTC, RQM, RDNG), RELM, Rhapsody DM, and RSA DM applications are affected by the following vulnerabilities disclosed in and corrected by the IBM® Java SDK updates in April 2016 :

CVEID: CVE-2016-3427** *DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JMX component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 10
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112459 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 3.0.1 - 6.0.2

Rational Quality Manager 2.0 - 2.0.1
Rational Quality Manager 3.0 - 3.0.1.6
Rational Quality Manager 4.0 - 4.0.7
Rational Quality Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Quality Manager 6.0 - 6.0.2

Rational Team Concert 2.0 - 2.0.0.2
Rational Team Concert 3.0 - 3.0.6
Rational Team Concert 4.0 - 4.0.7
Rational Team Concert 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Team Concert 6.0 - 6.0.2

Rational Requirements Composer 2.0 - 2.0.0.4
Rational Requirements Composer 3.0 - 3.0.1.6
Rational Requirements Composer 4.0 - 4.0.7

Rational DOORS Next Generation 4.0 - 4.0.7
Rational DOORS Next Generation 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational DOORS Next Generation 6.0 - 6.0.2

Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 1.0- 1.0.0.1
Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 4.0.3 - 4.0.7
Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 6.0 - 6.0.2

Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 3.0 - 3.0.1
Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 4.0 - 4.0.7
Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 6.0 - 6.0.2

Rational Software Architect Design Manager 3.0 - 3.0.1
Rational Software Architect Design Manager 4.0 - 4.0.7
Rational Software Architect Design Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Software Architect Design Manager 6.0 - 6.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

If your product is deployed on WebSphere Application Server (WAS) and your deployment does not use an Eclipse based client nor the RM Browser plugin, then it is sufficient to continue using the existing version of the your Rational product, and only upgrade the JRE in the WAS server according to these instructions:
_ __Security Bulletin: _Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Java SDK affect WebSphere Application Server April 2016 CPU (CVE-2016-3426, CVE-2016-3427)

Otherwise:
Note: for any of the below remediations, if you are a WAS deployment, then WAS must also be upgraded, in addition to performing your product upgrades.
Upgrade your products to version 3.0.1.6 or 4.0.7 or5.0.2or6.0.2, apply the latest ifix, and then perform the following upgrades. Request the April 2016 CPU update for the IBM_®_ Java SDK:

How to update the IBM SDK for Java of IBM Rational products based on version 3.0.1.6 or later of IBM’s Jazz technology

• • For the 3.x releases of Rational Software Architect Design Manager and Rhapsody Design Manager, if you cannot upgrade to 4.0.7 or 5.0 or 6.0, contact IBM Support for guidance.
• For the 2.x releases, contact IBM Support for additional details on the fix.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None