Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect WebSphere Message Broker and IBM Integration Bus

Summary

Multiple security vulnerabilities exist in the IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition Version 6 Service Refresh 16 Fix Pack 41 and earlier releases used by WebSphere Message Broker, and the IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition Version 7 Service Refresh 10 Fix Pack 1 and earlier releases used by WebSphere Message Broker and IBM Integration Bus, and the IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition Version 7R1 Service Refresh 4 Fix Pack 1 and earlier releases used by IBM Integration Bus. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in April 2017. WebSphere Message Broker and IBM Integration Bus have addressed the applicable CVEs

Vulnerability Details

If you run your own Java code using the IBM Java Runtime delivered with this product, you should evaluate your code to determine whether the complete list of vulnerabilities are applicable to your code. For a complete list of vulnerabilities, refer to the “IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin”, located in the References section for more information.

CVEID: CVE-2017-3511**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit JCE component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124890 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-1289**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition is vulnerable XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125150 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-9840**
DESCRIPTION:** zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120508 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-9841**
DESCRIPTION:** zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120509 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-9842**
DESCRIPTION:** zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an undefined left shift of negative number. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120510 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-9843**
DESCRIPTION:** zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a big-endian out-of-bounds pointer. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120511 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Integration Bus V10.0.0.0- 10.0.0.8

IBM Integration Bus V9.0.0.0- 9.0.0.7

WebSphere Message Broker V8.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.8

Remediation/Fixes

<http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24043686&gt;

IBM Integration Bus| V9.0.0.0- 9.0.0.7| IT20410 | The APAR is available in fix pack 9.0.0.8 (on all platforms except HP)

<http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24043751&gt;

WebSphere Message Broker| V8.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.8| IT20410 | The APAR is available in fix pack 8.0.0.9 (on all platforms except HP)

https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24043806

For unsupported versions of the product IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.

The planned maintenance release dates for WebSphere Message Broker and IBM Integration Bus are available at :
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27006308