Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects Rational Reporting for Development Intelligence (CVE-2016-3427)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 6 that is used by Rational Reporting for Development Intelligence (RRDI). The issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in April 2016.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-3427** *DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JMX component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 10
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112459 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected Products and Versions

Principal Product and Version(s)

| Affected Supporting Product(s) and Version(s)
—|—
RRDI 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.3 and 2.0.4| Cognos BI 10.1.1
RRDI 2.0.5 and 2.0.6| Cognos BI 10.2.1
RRDI 5.0, 5.0.1 and 5.0.2| Cognos BI 10.2.1 Fix pack 2
Jazz Reporting Service 5.0, 5.0.1 and 5.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

Apply the recommended fixes to all affected versions of RRDI.

RRDI 2.0, 2.0.0.1, 2.0.1, 2.0.3 and 2.0.4

• Download the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1.1 Interim Fix 19 (Implemented by file 10.1.6306.509).
  Review technote 1679281: Install a Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1.1 fix package in Rational Reporting for Development Intelligence 2.0.x and Rational Insight 1.1.1.x for the detailed instructions for patch application.

RRDI 2.0.5 and 2.0.6

• Download the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 Interim Fix 17 (Implemented by file 10.2.5000.528).
  Review technote 1679283: Installing Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1.x fix pack in Rational Reporting for Development Intelligence 2.0.x/5.0.x and Rational Insight 1.1.1.x for the detailed instructions for patch application.

RRDI 5.0 and 5.0.1 and 5.0.2

1. If the Data Collection Component (DCC) or Jazz Reporting Service (JRS, also known as Report Builder) is used, perform this step first.
   Review the topics in Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in Jazz Team Server shipped with Jazz Reporting Service (CVE-2016-3427) for addressing the listed vulnerability in the underlying Jazz Team Server.

2. If the Cognos-based reporting server is used, also perform this step.
   Download the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1.1 Interim Fix 16 (Implemented by file 10.2.5010.512).
   Review technote 1679283: Installing Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1.x fix pack in Rational Reporting for Development Intelligence 2.0.x/5.0.x and Rational Insight 1.1.1.x for the detailed instructions for patch application.