Security Bulletin: IBM License Metric Tool, IBM Endpoint Manager for Software Use Analysis and IBM Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed Java-related vulnerabilities - October 2014

Summary

IBM License Metric Tool, IBM Endpoint Manager for Software Use Analysis and IBM Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed are vulnerable to attacks related to Java vulnerabilites. This also includes a fix for the Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption (POODLE) SSLv3 vulnerability (CVE-2014-3566).

Vulnerability Details

IBM License Metric Tool, IBM Endpoint Manager for Software Use Analysis and IBM Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed servers are Java applications running in WebSphere Application Server container. Due to discovered Java vulnerabilities, the servers are vulnerable as specified by the following advisories:

CVEID: CVE-2014-3566**
DESCRIPTION:** Product 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 a POODLE (Padding Oracle On
Downgraded Legacy Encryption) attack to decrypt SSL sessions and access the plaintext of
encrypted connections.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See _<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97013&gt;_ for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
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CVEID:** 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 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97148 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

IBM Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed v7.2.2 & v7.5, IBM License Metric Tool v7.2.2, v7.5 & v 9.0, IBM Endpoint Manager for Software Use Analysis v9.0

Remediation/Fixes

If your product is version 7.2.2 or 7.5:

• Apply Interim Fix for your version of WebSphere as described in the following technote: <http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687740&gt;. Products with version 7.2.2 use WebSphere 6.1, and products with version 7.5 use WebSphere 7.0.
  If your product is version 9.0:
• Upgrade your product to version 9.1.0.2 manually or with a fixlet.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

*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 Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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