Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects IBM Fabric Manager (CVE-2016-0603)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7 that is used by IBM Fabric Manager (IFM). JRE/SDK installation executables on the Windows platform are affected by this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7 that is used by IBM Fabric Manager (IFM). JRE/SDK installation executables on the Windows platform are affected by this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0603

Description: IBM Java JRE/SDK could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error during the installation process. By persuading a victim to visit a specially crafted web site and downloading files prior to installation, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain complete control of the system.

CVSS Base Score: 7.600
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/110446&gt; for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Affected products and versions

Remediation/Fixes

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

References

• Complete CVSS V2 Guide
• On-line Calculator V2
• IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin

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

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
17 May 2016: 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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