Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect Rational Developer for i, Rational Developer for AIX and Linux, Rational Developer for Power Systems Software

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Versions 7 and 8 that are used by Rational Developer for i, Rational Developer for AIX and Linux, Rational Developer for Power Systems Software. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2017 and October 2016.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-5546**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE Java SE Embedded and Jrockit related to the Libraries component has no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120869 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5547**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE Java SE Embedded and Jrockit related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120871 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5548**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120864 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5549**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120863 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-2183**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the DES/3DES cipher, used as a part of the SSL/TLS protocol. By capturing large amounts of encrypted traffic between the SSL/TLS server and the client, a remote attacker able to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability to recover the plaintext data and obtain sensitive information. This vulnerability is known as the SWEET32 Birthday attack.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116337 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Product Name

| Versions Affected
—|—
Rational Developer for Power Systems Software| 8.5, 8.5.1
Rational Developer for i| 9.0, 9.0.0.1, 9.0.1, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.1.1, 9.5, 9.5.0.1, 9.5.0.2, 9.5.0.3, 9.5.1, 9.5.1.1
Rational Developer for AIX and Linux, AIX COBOL Edition| 9.0, 9.0.0.1, 9.0.1, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.1.1, 9.1.1.2, 9.1.1.3, 9.1.1.4
Rational Developer for AIX and Linux, C/C++ Edition| 9.0, 9.0.0.1, 9.0.1, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.1.1, 9.1.1.2, 9.1.1.3, 9.1.1.4

Remediation/Fixes

Update the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition of the product to address this vulnerability:

Product

| VRMF|Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
Rational Developer for Power Systems Software| 8.5 through 8.5.1|

• For all versions, apply interim fix: 8.5-Rational-RDP-IFix-IBMJDK7SR10FP1 - January 2017 - RD Power
  Rational Developer for i| 9.0 through to 9.1|

• For all versions, update the currently installed product using Installation Manager. ** **For instructions on installing this update using Installation Manager, review the topic Updating Installed Product Packages in the IBM Knowledge Center.

• Or, you can optionally download the update manually and apply interim fix: Rational-RDI-IFix-IBMJDK7SR10FP1 - January 2017 - RDi and interim fix: Rational-RDI-IFix-JavaProfiler-v90andv91-201704
  Rational Developer for i| 9.5|

• For all versions, update the currently installed product using Installation Manager. ** **For instructions on installing this update using Installation Manager, review the topic Updating Installed Product Packages in the IBM Knowledge Center.

• Or, you can optionally download the update manually and apply fix pack: 9.5.1.2-Rational-RDI-fp
  and interim fix: Rational-RDI-IFix-JavaProfiler-v95-201704
  Rational Developer for AIX and Linux| 9.0 through to 9.1|

• For all client versions, update the currently installed product using Installation Manager. For instructions on installing this update using Installation Manager, review the topic Updating Installed Product Packages in the IBM Knowledge Center.

• Or, you can optionally download and manually apply interim fix: Rational-RDAIXLINUX-IFix-IBMJDK7SR10FP1 - Januay 2017 - RDAL and interim fix: Rational-RDAIXLINUX-IFix-JavaProfiler-v90andv91-201704

When running Java JVMTI execution analysis profiling, with Java 7 or 8 JDK (that is released after January 2017), you might get a Java VerifyError exception in JNI, which causes no execution analysis profiling data to display. To resolve this, apply the following fix: <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22001889&gt;