There is a vulnerability in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, Version 6 that is used by IBM SONAS. This issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2015.
CVEID: CVE-2014-6593 **DESCRIPTION: **An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and JRockit related to the JSSE component has partial confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/100153> for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
IBM SONAS
All products are affected when running code releases 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 except for version 1.5.2.0 and above.
IBM recommends that you fix this vulnerability by upgrading affected versions of IBM SONAS to the following code level or higher:
1.5.2.0
Please contact IBM support for assistance in upgrading your system.
Workaround(s) : None.
Mitigation(s) : Although IBM recommends that you install a level of code with a fix for this vulnerability, you can mitigate, although not eliminate, your risk until you have done so by ensuring that all users who have access to the system are authenticated by another security system such as a firewall.