Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK 7 affect IBM Systems Director.

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition, Version 7 that is used by IBM Systems Director. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2017.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-10348**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated 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/133777 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-2017-10388**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/133813 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

From the IBM System Director command line enter smcli lsver to determine the level of IBM System Director installed.

IBM Systems Director:

• 6.1.0.0
• 6.1.0.1
• 6.1.0.2
• 6.1.0.3
• 6.1.1.1
• 6.1.1.2
• 6.1.1.3
• 6.1.2.0
• 6.1.2.1
• 6.1.2.2
• 6.1.2.3
• 6.2.0.0
• 6.2.0.1
• 6.2.0.2
• 6.2.1.0
• 6.2.1.0
• 6.2.1.1
• 6.2.1.2
• 6.3.0.0
• 6.3.1.0
• 6.3.1.1
• 6.3.2.0
• 6.3.2.1
• 6.3.2.2
• 6.3.3.0
• 6.3.3.1
• 6.3.5.0
• 6.3.6.0
• 6.3.7.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Systems Director versions pre 6.3.5 are unsupported and will not be fixed. IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

Follow the instructions mentioned in Technote 841911444 to apply the fix for releases:

• 6.3.5.0
• 6.3.6.0
• 6.3.7.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None