Security Bulletin: Rational License Key Server Administration and Reporting Tool vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-3566, CVE-2014-4244)

Summary

Two possible security vulnerabilities have been reported in RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool. There have been no reported exploits of these vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVE ID:CVE-2014-3566

**Description:**Product could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a design error when using the SSLv3 protocol. A remote user with the ability to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability via a POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) attack to decrypt SSL sessions and access the plaintext of encrypted connections.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97013&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVE ID:CVE-2014-4244

Description: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and JRockit related to the Security component has partial confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.

CVSS Base Score: 4

CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94605&gt; for the current score

CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined

CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

This vulnerability impacts the following RLKS components and its releases:

• RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.4
• RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.4.2
• RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.4.3
• RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.4.4
• RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.4.5
• • RLKS Administration Agent version 8.1.4
• RLKS Administration Agent version 8.1.4.2
• RLKS Administration Agent version 8.1.4.3
• RLKS Administration Agent version 8.1.4.4

Note: This vulnerability has been fixed in RLKS Administration Agent version 8.1.4.5.

Remediation/Fixes

Replace the JRE used in RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool and IBM Rational License Key Server Administration Agent.

_Steps to replace the JRE in _****RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool (All Versions)

1. Go to Fix Central

2. On the Find product tab, enter Rational Common Licensing in theProduct Selector field and hit enter.

3. Select the Installed Version and hit continue button.

4. Select the platform of the machine where RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool is installed and hit continue button.

5. On the Identify fixes page, selectBrowse for fixesand selectShow fixes that apply to this version and hit continue button.

6. Download the Java runtime iFix for RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool.

Note: Although the name of the iFix is** RLKS_Administration_And_Reporting_Tool_8145_Admin_iFix****1****<Platform>_<Architecture>**, the same ifix is applicable to all previous RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool versions.

7. Shutdown RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool.

8. Go to the installation location of RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool.

9. Rename <install location>/server/jre folder to <install location>/server/jre_back.
   This step backs up the existing JRE.

10. Extract the downloaded JRE into <install location>/server/ folder
    Example: <install location>/server/jre

11. Startup RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool.

12. Login to the tool using rcladmin user and verify that you see the configured license servers under ‘Server’ tab.

_Steps to replace the JRE in _RLKS Administration Agent ****[Versions 8.1.4, 8.1.4.2, 8.1.4.3, 8.1.4.4]_
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This vulnerability has been fixed in RLKS Administration Agent 8.1.4.5. Upgrade the RLKS Administration Agent to version 8.1.4.5.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None