Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affecting IBM Application Delivery Intelligence v1.0.1, v1.0.1.1, v1.0.2 and v5.0.2. (CVE-2017-3539, CVE-2016-9840, CVE-2016-9841,CVE-2016-9842, CVE-2016-9843)

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7.1 that is used by IBM Application Delivery Intelligence v1.0.1, v1.0.1.1, v1.0.2, and v5.0.2. The issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in Apr 2017.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-3539**
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/124915 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)

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 Application Delivery Intelligence 1.0.1, 1.0.1.1, 1.0.2, and 5.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

Customers need to perform the following steps to apply the fix:

1. Stop the server. Navigate to the unzipped-archive/adi/server directory and run this script: server.shutdown.
2. Delete jre directory from unzipped-archive/server/jre.
3. Download ibm-java-jre-7.1-4.5, unzip it and copy the jre directory to unzipped-archive/server (you are providing the jre directory that you deleted in step 2).

Download links:

Windows:
[http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FRational%2FIBM+Application+Delivery+Intelligence&fixids=adi-ibm-java-jre-7.1-4.5-win-x86_64&source=SAR](<http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FRational%2FIBM+Application+Delivery+Intelligence&fixids=adi-ibm-java-jre-7.1-4.5-win-x86_64&source=SAR>)

Linux:
[http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FRational%2FIBM+Application+Delivery+Intelligence&fixids=adi-ibm-java-jre-7.1-4.5-linux-x86_64&source=SAR](<http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FRational%2FIBM+Application+Delivery+Intelligence&fixids=adi-ibm-java-jre-7.1-4.5-linux-x86_64&source=SAR>)