Security Bulletin: Java vulnerability issue on IBM SONAS (CVE-2014-0411)

Summary

SONAS is shipped with Java, for which a fix is available for a security vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:
CVE-2014-0411

DESCRIPTION:

SONAS is shipped with Java. Java is required for SONAS administration, for executing SONAS specific commands on the command line, and providing similar functionality using GUI. For the security vulnerability found with Java, a fix is available. This security vulnerability affects JSSE sub-component, which is used for secure remote communications.

CVE-2014-0411
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/90357 for the current score

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SONAS
The product is affected when running code releases 1.3.2.0 to 1.4.2.1.

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for this issue is in version 1.4.3.1 of SONAS. Customers running an earlier version of SONAS should upgrade to SONAS 1.4.3.1 or a later version, so that the fix gets applied.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Work-around(s): None
Mitigation(s): The only solution is to upgrade to SONAS 1.4.3.1 or a later version, so that the fix gets applied.