Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM Tivoli Monitoring

Summary

There are several vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition that is shipped as part of multiple IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) components.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-5568**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the AWT component has high confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and high availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 9.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118068&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5573**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded related to the Hotspot component has high confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and high availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 8.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118070&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5597**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded 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&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:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5554**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded related to the JMX component has no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118072&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5542**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded 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&gt; 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)

Affected Products and Versions

The following components of IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) are affected by this bulletin:
- Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server (TEPS)

-embedded WebSphere Application Server - ITM 6.2.3 and higher (CVE-2016-5573 & CVE-2016-5597)
-Java (CANDLEHOME) ITM 6.2.3 Fix Pack 1 (JRE 1.6) through 6.3.0 Fix Pack 7 (JRE 7) (CVE-2016-5597)
-Java (Tivoli Enterprise Portal client browser or webstart) ITM 6.2.3 Fix pack 1 through 6.3.0 Fix Pack 7 (All CVE’s listed)

Remediation/Fixes

Portal Server (TEPS) - embedded WebSphere Application Server:

Java (TEP) Remediation:
These vulnerabilities exist where the affected Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is installed on systems running the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Browser client or Java WebStart client. The affected JRE is installed on a system when logging into the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Portal using the Browser client or WebStart client and a JRE at the required level does not exist. The portal provides an option to download the provided JRE to the system.

This fix below provides updated JRE packages for the portal server which can be downloaded by new client systems. Once the fix has been installed on the portal server, instructions in the README can be used to download the updated JRE from the portal to the portal clients.

Java (CANDLEHOME) Remediation:
The patch below should be installed which will update the shared Tivoli Enterprise-supplied JRE (jr component on UNIX/Linux) or Embedded JVM (JVM component on Windows).