Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition affect IBM PureApplication System. (CVE-2016-5542 and CVE-2016-5597)

Security Bulletin

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition that is used by IBM PureApplication System. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2016.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-5542
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component has no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118073 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5597
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Networking component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118071 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM PureApplication System V2.2
IBM PureApplication System V2.1

Remediation/Fixes

The PureSystems Manager on IBM PureApplication System is affected. The solution is to upgrade the IBM PureApplication System to the following fix level:

IBM PureApplication System V2.2:
Upgrade to IBM PureApplication System V2.2.2.2

IBM PureApplication System V2.1
Upgrade to IBM PureApplication System V2.1.2.4

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

12 January 2017: 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.

Disclaimer

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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition affect IBM PureApplication System. (CVE-2016-5542 and CVE-2016-5597)