Security Bulletin: Java vulnerability on IBM Storage DS8870 (CVE-2014-0411)

Summary

IBM Enterprise Storage DS8870 HMC extensively uses Java, for which a fix is available for a security vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-0411

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DESCRIPTION: ** Java is used throughout the DS8870 HMC including the command line interface (CLI) and graphical user interface (GUI) and web interfaces. This security vulnerability affects JSSE sub-component, which is used for secure remote communications.
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CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/90357 for the current score

Affected Products and Versions

IBM DS8870 HMC R7.0, R7.1 and R7.2

Remediation/Fixes

The fix for this issue is supplied in the service release for R7.2 (87.21.30.0) and is already corrected in R7.3. Customers using earlier releases of the product, should upgrade to one of these versions.

Product

| VRMF| APAR| Remediation/First Fix
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DS8870| 87.21.30.0| N/A| 06/30/2014

Please contact your IBM representative to order and install updated microcode.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Workaround(s): None

Mitigation(s): Ensure that the DS8000 HMC is installed behind a firewall that limits access to the ports and allows only authorized devices to access to the HMC.