Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server used with IBM Emptoris Strategic Supply Management, and IBM Emptoris Services Procurement products (CVE-2015-4872)

Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server is used as a component of IBM Emptoris Strategic Supply Management and IBM Emptoris Services Procurement products. Information about a security vulnerability affecting IBM WebSphere Application Server has been published in a security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

This bulletin covers all applicable Java SE CVE’s published by Oracle as part of their October 2015 Critical Patch Update and an additional vulnerability which affects IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition. There are other advisories included in the IBM Java SDK and WebSphere Application Server, but IBM Emptoris products are not vulnerable to them.

CVEID: CVE-2015-4872**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability related to the Security component has no confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107361 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Please consult the security bulletin Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Java SDK affect WebSphere Application Server October 2015 CPU (CVE-2015-4872, CVE-2015-4734, CVE-2015-5006) for vulnerability details and information about fixes.

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Emptoris Contract Management 9.5 through 10.0.4
IBM Emptoris Program Management 10.0.0 through 10.0.4
IBM Emptoris Sourcing 10.0.0 through 10.0.4
IBM Emptoris Spend Analysis 10.0.0 through 10.0.4
IBM Emptoris Supplier Lifecycle Management 9.5 through 10.0.4
IBM Emptoris Strategic Supply Management 10.0.0 through 10.0.4
IBM Emptoris Services Procurement 10.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

An interim fix has been issued for the IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) which will upgrade the IBM Java Development Kit to a version which is not susceptible to this vulnerability. Customers running any of the IBM Emptoris products listed above should apply the interim fix to all IBM WebSphere Application Server installations that are used to run IBM Emptoris applications. See Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Java SDK affect WebSphere Application Server October 2015 CPU (CVE-2015-4872, CVE-2015-4734, CVE-2015-5006) for more details on upgrade versions.

Select the appropriate WebSphere Application Server fix based on the version being used for IBM Emptoris product version. The following table lists the IBM Emptoris application versions along with the corresponding required version of IBM WebSphere Application Server and a link to the corresponding fix version where further installation instructions are provided.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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IBM SDK Java Technology Edition Security Bulletin

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

14th Dec 2015 - Original version published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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