Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM® Java™ SDK affects IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, AIX-based, and Windows-based deployments. (CVE-2016-3485)

Security Bulletin

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition that is used by IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, AIX-based, and Windows-based deployments. This issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2016.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-3485
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Networking component has no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 2.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/115273 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM OS Image for Red Hat Linux Systems 3.0.0.0 and earlier.
IBM OS Image for AIX Systems 2.1.1.0 and earlier.

Remediation/Fixes

Virtual machines deployed from IBM PureApplication Systems are affected. This includes RedHat Linux, AIX-based, and Windows-based deployments. The solution is to apply the following IBM PureApplication System fix to the deployed virtual machines.

Java Update for Linux
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/downloadFixes?parent=PureSystems&product=ibm/WebSphere/PureApplication+System&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=Java_Update_Linux_Dec_2016-sys&includeRequisites=1&includeSupersedes=0

Java Update for Windows
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/downloadFixes?parent=PureSystems&product=ibm/WebSphere/PureApplication+System&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=Java_Update_Windows_Dec_2016-sys&includeRequisites=1&includeSupersedes=0

Java Update for AIX
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/downloadFixes?parent=PureSystems&product=ibm/WebSphere/PureApplication+System&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=Java_Update_AIX_Dec_2016-sys&includeRequisites=1&includeSupersedes=0

1. Import the fix into the Emergency Fix catalogue.
2. For deployed instances, apply this emergency fix on the VM.
3. Restart the deployed instance after the fix is applied.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

13 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: A vulnerability in IBM® Java™ SDK affects IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, AIX-based, and Windows-based deployments. (CVE-2016-3485)