Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM Systems Director (CVE-2015-2613 CVE-2015-2601 CVE-2015-2625 CVE-2015-1931)

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition, Version 7.0.9.1 that is used by IBM Systems Director. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2015.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition, Version 7.0.9.1 that is used by IBM Systems Director. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2015.

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2613

Description: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JCE component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.

CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104734&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2601

Description: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JCE component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.

CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104733&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2625

Description: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JSSE component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.

CVSS Base Score: 2.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104743&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1931

Description: IBM Java Security Components store plain text data in memory dumps, which could allow a local attacker to obtain information to aid in further attacks against the system.

CVSS Base Score: 2.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/102967&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected products and versions

From the IBM System Director command line enter smcli lsver to determine the level of IBM System Director installed.

IBM Systems Director:

• 5.2.x.x
• 6.1.x.x
• 6.2.0.x
• 6.2.1.x
• 6.3.0.0
• 6.3.1.x
• 6.3.2.x
• 6.3.3.x
• 6.3.5.0
• 6.3.6.0

Remediation/Fixes:

For Releases 5.2.x.x, 6.1.x.x, 6.2.x.x, and 6.3.0.0 to 6.3.3.x IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

Follow the instructions mentioned under <http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/&gt; and search for Tech note 751406798 to apply the fix for releases:

• 6.3.5.0
• 6.3.6.0

Workarounds and Mitigations:

None

References:

• Complete CVSS v2 Guide
• On-line Calculator v2

Related Information:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None

Change History
02 October 2015: Original Copy 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.

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