Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java Runtime affects IBM Cognos Metrics Manager (CVE-2016-3485)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Versions 6 and 7 that are used by IBM Cognos Metrics Manager. This issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2016.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-3485 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Networking component has no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 2.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/115273 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

• • IBM Cognos Metrics Manager 10.2.2
• IBM Cognos Metrics Manager 10.2.1
• IBM Cognos Metrics Manager 10.2
• IBM Cognos Metrics Manager 10.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the fix as soon as practical. As the fix is in a shared component across the Business Intelligence portfolio, applying the BI Interim Fix will resolve the issue. Note that the prerequisites named in the links are also satisfied by an IBM Cognos Metrics Manager install of the same version.

| Version| Interim Fix
—|—|—
IBM Cognos Metrics Manager| 10.2.2| IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.2 Interim Fix 13
IBM Cognos Metrics Manager| 10.2.1| IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 Interim Fix 18
IBM Cognos Metrics Manager| 10.2| IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2 Interim Fix 21
IBM Cognos Metrics Manager| 10.1.1| IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1.1 Interim Fix 20

Workarounds and Mitigations

None