Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM Java Runtime affects IBM Storwize V7000 Unified (CVE-2016-0705)

Summary

There are vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 that is used by IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2018.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0705 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a double-free error when parsing DSA private keys. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111140&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
The product is affected when running supported code releases 1.6.0.0 to 1.6.2.4. The product running unsupported code releases 1.5 or earlier are also affected.

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for these issues is in version v1.6.2.5 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. Customers running an affected version of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified should upgrade to 1.6.2.5 or a later version.

Latest Storwize V7000 Unified Software

Systems running an unsupported version (v1.5 or earlier) should be upgraded to the current release containing the security fixes.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None