The IBM WebSphere Partner Gateway is shipped with an IBM Java SDK that is based on the Oracle SDK. Oracle has released April 2013 critical patch updates (CPU) which contain security vulnerability fixes and the IBM Java SDK that WebSphere Partner Gateway ships is affected.
VULNERABILITY DETAILS
CVE-2013-0169 - The TLS protocol does not properly consider timing side-channel attacks, which could allow remote attackers to conduct distinguishing attacks and plain-text recovery attacks via statistical analysis of timing data for crafted packets, aka the “Lucky Thirteen” issue.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81902
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
DESCRIPTION:
This Security Bulletin addresses the security vulnerabilities that have shipped with the IBM SDK and is part of the Oracle April 2013 critical patch updates (CPU). For details on these updates please refer to the Reference section of this bulletin.
Versions Affected.
WebSphere Partner Gateway Express Edition Versions 6.0 through 6.0.0.3
REMEDIATION:
WebSphere Application Server JRE has to be updated to 1.4.2 SR13-FP17. Please contact IBM support to avail the IFix.
REFERENCES:
RELATED INFORMATION:
None
_*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Flash. _
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