Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM Spectrum Scale packaged the Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 used by the Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in Jan 2017.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-5547 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component could allow a remote 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/120871 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-2016-5548
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120864 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5549 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120863 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-2183 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the DES/3DES cipher, used as a part of the SSL/TLS protocol. By capturing large amounts of encrypted traffic between the SSL/TLS server and the client, a remote attacker able to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability to recover the plaintext data and obtain sensitive information. This vulnerability is known as the SWEET32 Birthday attack.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116337 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

The Elastic Storage Server 5.0

The Elastic Storage Server 4.5.0 - 4.5.1

The Elastic Storage Server 4.0.0 - 4.0.6

The Elastic Storage Server 3.5.0 - 3.5.6

The Elastic Storage Server 3.0.0 - 3.0.5

The Elastic Storage Server 2.5.0 - 2.5.5

The GPFS Storage Server 2.0.0 - 2.0.7

Remediation/Fixes

For the Elastic Storage Server 5.0, upgrade to 5.0.1 available at https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+%28ESS%29&release=5.0.0&platform=All&function=all

For the Elastic Storage Server 4.0.0 thru 4.0.6 and 4.5.0 thru 4.5.1, upgrade to 4.5.2 or 4.6 available at_
_https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale+RAID&release=4.2.1&platform=All&function=all

In all cases, see the release note for details on installation.

For the Elastic Storage Server 4.0.0 thru 4.0.6, 4.5.0 thru 4.5.1, and 5.0, if you are unable to upgrade, contact IBM Service to obtain an efix referencing APAR IV94425.

For the Elastic Storage Server 2.5.0 thru 2.5.5, 3.0.0 thru 3.0.5, and 3.5.0 thru 3.5.6, contact IBM Service to obtain an efix referencing APAR IV94424.

For the GPFS Storage Server 2.0.0 thru 2.0.7, contact IBM Service to obtain an efix referencing APAR IV94424.

To contact IBM Service, see http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/

For the GPFS Storage Server 2.5, contact Lenovo at http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/servers/high-density/gpfs-storage/

Workarounds and Mitigations

None