Security Bulletin: April 2016 Java Platform Standard Edition Vulnerabilities in N series Products

Summary

Multiple N series products incorporate the Oracle Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) software libraries. Java SE (JDK and JRE) versions below 6u115, 7u101, and 8u92 are susceptible to multiple vulnerabilities, potentially leading to unauthenticated remote code execution, a partial denial of service (DoS) of Java, or unauthorized reading or modification of a subset of data accessible to the Java process.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-3443**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the 2D component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 10
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112452 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVEID: CVE-2016-0687**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded related to the Hotspot component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 10
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112455 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVEID: CVE-2016-0686**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded related to the Serialization component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 10
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112456 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVEID: CVE-2016-3427**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java, SE Java SE Embedded and JRockit related to the JMX component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 10
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112459 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVEID: CVE-2016-3449**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Deployment component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 7.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112453 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVEID: CVE-2016-3425**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE Java, SE Embedded and JRockit related to the JAXP component could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a partial availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112460 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2016-3422**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the 2D component could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a partial availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112454 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2016-0695**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE Java SE Embedded and JRockit related to the Security component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a partial confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 2.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112458 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-3426**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded related to the JCE component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a partial confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112457 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-0636**
DESCRIPTION:** Oracle Java SE could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in the desktop and browser plug-in versions of the software. By persuading a victim to visit a specially crafted web site, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain complete control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111731 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected Products and Versions

NS OnCommand Core Package: 5.2, 5.2R1, 5.2.1P1, 5.2.1P2;
Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere: 6.0, 6.1, 6.2;

Remediation/Fixes

For NS OnCommand Core Package: the fix exists from microcode version: 5.2.2;
For Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere: the fix exists from microcode version: 6.2.1;

Please contact IBM support or go to this link to download a supported release.

Workarounds and Mitigations

For customers who are using Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere 6.0 or 6.1, an upgrade to version 6.2.1 is required to resolve this issue.