Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affect IBM System Storage Storwize V7000 Unified (CVE-2014-4263)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, Version 6 that is used by IBM System Storage Storwize V7000 Unified. This issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2014.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-4263

DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Security component has partial confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/94606 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 System Storage Storwize V7000 Unified

All products are affected when running code releases 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 except for version 1.5.0.4 and above.

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends that you fix this vulnerability by upgrading affected versions of IBM System Storage Storwize V7000 Unified to the following code level or higher:

1.5.0.4

Latest Storwize V7000 Unified Software

Workarounds and Mitigations

Although IBM recommends that you install a level of code with a fix for this vulnerability, you can mitigate, although not eliminate, your risk until you have done so by ensuring that all users who have access to the system are authenticated by another security system such as a firewall.