Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 - July 2014

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7, IBM SDK Java Technology Edition, Version 6, and IBM SDK Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 5 that are used by IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2014.

Vulnerability Details

CVE IDs: CVE-2014-3086 CVE-2014-4218 CVE-2014-4221 CVE-2014-4227 CVE-2014-4252 CVE-2014-4263

CVEID: CVE-2014-3086**
DESCRIPTION:** A vulnerability in the IBM implementation of the Java Virtual Machine may, under very limited circumstances, allow untrusted code running under a security manager to escalate its privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/94097 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVEID: CVE-2014-4218**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component has no confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/94599 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2014-4221**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/94604 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2014-4227**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability related to the Deployment component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 10
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/94588 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVEID: CVE-2014-4252**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability related to the Security component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/94600 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2014-4263**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability related to the Security 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/94606 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

All versions of microcode for the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 (3957-V06, 3957-V07, 3957-VEA, 3957-VEB) prior to release R2.1 are affected. In addition, microcode versions of releases R2.1, R3.0 and R3.1 prior to the following are also affected:

Remediation/Fixes

Contact IBM Service at 1-800-IBM-SERV to arrange an upgrade to the latest microcode level.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Although IBM recommends that you upgrade to the fixes identified above, you can mitigate, but not eliminate the risk of these vulnerabilities by restricting physical and network access to the TS7700 to authorized users and IBM Service Personnel only.