Security Bulletin: IBM Java Quarterly CPU - Jan 2014 affecting Rational Application Developer (CVE-2014-0411)

Summary

Timing differences based on validity of TLS messages can be exploited to decrypt the entire session.

Vulnerability Details

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CVEID: CVE-2014-0411

**Description:**Timing differences based on validity of TLS messages can be exploited to decrypt the entire session. The exploit is not trivial, requiring a man-in-the-middle position and a long time.

CVSS Base Score: 4 CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90357&gt; for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational Application Developer 9.0.1 and earlier

Remediation/Fixes

Update the Java Development Kit of the product to address this vulnerability:

• For all versions, apply IBM Java Quarterly Critical Patch Update - January 2014
  Rational Agent Controller| 7.0 through to 9.0| PI20029|

• Apply IBM Rational Agent Controller version 9.1.
  Rational Build Utility| 7.5 through to 9.0.1| PI20029|

• For use on Windows: Apply the IBM Java Quarterly Critical Patch Update - January 2014.

• For use on Linux: Apply the IBM Java Quarterly Critical Patch Update - January 2014

• For use on System z:

  • Version 7.5: Apply the latest Java 2 Technology Edition, V5 PTF.
  • Version 8.0 and 8.5: Apply the latest Java Technology Edition, V6.0.0 PTF.
  • Version 9.0: Apply the latest Java Technology Edition, V7.0.0

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Workarounds and Mitigations

None