Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM SONAS (CVE-2016-0705)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, that is used by IBM SONAS. IBM SONAS has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

IBM SONAS is shipped with Java. Java is required for SONAS administration, for executing SONAS specific commands on the command line, and providing similar functionality using GUI.

CVEID: CVE-2016-0705 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a double-free error when parsing DSA private keys. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111140&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SONAS
The product is affected when running a code releases 1.5.0.0 to 1.5.2.9

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends that you fix this vulnerability by upgrading affected versions of IBM SONAS to the following code level or higher:

1.5.2.10

Please contact IBM support for assistance in upgrading your system.