Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM System Networking Switch Center (CVE-2014-3566, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6457 CVE-2015-0410, CVE-2015-6593)

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7 that is used by IBM System Networking Switch Center. This also includes a fix for the Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption (POODLE) SSLv3 vulnerability(CVE-2014-3566). These were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2014 and January 2015.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7 that is used by IBM System Networking Switch Center. This also includes a fix for the Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption (POODLE) SSLv3 vulnerability (CVE-2014-3566). These were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2014 and January 2015.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3566

Description: Multiple products could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a design error when using the SSLv3 protocol. A remote user with the ability to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability via the POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) attack to decrypt SSL sessions and calculate the plaintext of secure connections.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/97013&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6457

Description: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JSSE component has partial confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.

CVSS Base Score: 4.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/97148&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6512

Description: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component has no confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/97147&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6593

Description: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JSSE component has partial confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.

CVSS Base Score: 4.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/100153&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0410

Description: Unspecified vulnerability in the Java allows remote attackers to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Security. It can be exploited by supplying data to APIs such as a web service.

CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/100151&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected products and versions

All versions of IBM System Networking Switch Center prior to and including 7.1.3.1

Remediation/Fixes

It is recommended to upgrade the affected versions of IBM System Networking Switch Center to version 7.3.1.2. However, upgrading an affected version to the version listed below is acceptable if upgrading to 7.3.1.2 is not possible:

1. 7.1.3.x to 7.1.3.3
2. 7.2.1.x to 7.2.1.12

The install packages for these releases can be found on IBM’s Passport Advantage website: <http://www-01.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/&gt;

IBM recommends that you review your entire environment to identify areas that enable the SSLv3 protocol and take appropriate mitigation and remediation actions. The most immediate mitigation action that can be taken is disabling SSLv3. You should verify disabling SSLv3 does not cause any compatibility issues.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.