Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition affect IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 - October 2017, January 2018 and April 2018

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition, Versions 7 and 8, that are used by IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2017, January 2018 and April 2018.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-10345**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit Serialization component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/133774 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2017-10295**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit Networking component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/133729 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-10356**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit Security component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/133785 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2579**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137833 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2633**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit JNDI component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137885 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2783**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit Security component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause high confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141939 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2790**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded Security component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141946 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

All versions of microcode for the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 (3957-V07, 3957-VEB, 3957-VEC) prior to and including the following are affected:

Machine Type

| Model|Version
—|—|—
3957| V07| 8.41.200.113
3957| VEB| 8.41.200.113
3957| VEC| 8.41.200.113

Remediation/Fixes

Contact IBM Service at 1-800-IBM-SERV to arrange an upgrade to the latest microcode level followed by the installation of VTD_EXEC.269. Minimum microcode levels are shown below:

Machine Type

| Model|Fix
—|—|—
3957| V07| Upgrade to 8.33.3.14 + VTD_EXEC.269
-OR-
Upgrade to 8.40.2.12 + VTD_EXEC.269
-OR-
Upgrade to 8.41.101.10 + VTD_EXEC.269
-OR-
Upgrade to 8.41.200.113 + VTD_EXEC.269
3957| VEB| Upgrade to 8.33.3.14 + VTD_EXEC.269
-OR-
Upgrade to 8.40.2.12 + VTD_EXEC.269
-OR-
Upgrade to 8.41.101.10 + VTD_EXEC.269
-OR-
Upgrade to 8.41.200.113 + VTD_EXEC.269
3957| VEC| Upgrade to 8.40.2.12 + VTD_EXEC.269
-OR-
Upgrade to 8.41.101.10 + VTD_EXEC.269
-OR-
Upgrade to 8.41.200.113 + VTD_EXEC.269

The minimum VTD_EXEC version is shown below:

Workarounds and Mitigations

Although IBM recommends that you upgrade to the fixes identified above, you can mitigate, but not eliminate the risk of these vulnerabilities by restricting physical and network access to the TS7700 to authorized users and IBM Service Personnel only.