Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect the IBM Installation Manager and IBM Packaging Utility (CVE-2014-6593 and CVE-2015-0138)

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, Versions 6 and 7 that are used by IBM Installation Manager and IBM Packaging Utility. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2015. This bulletin also addresses the “FREAK: Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT keys" TLS/SSL client and server vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-0138 DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability in various IBM SSL/TLS implementations could allow a remote attacker to downgrade the security of certain SSL/TLS connections. An IBM SSL/TLS client implementation could accept the use of an RSA temporary key in a non-export RSA key exchange ciphersuite. This could allow a remote attacker using man-in-the-middle techniques to facilitate brute-force decryption of TLS/SSL traffic between vulnerable clients and servers.

This vulnerability is also known as the FREAK attack.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/100691 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2014-6593**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability related to the JSSE component has partial confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100153&gt; 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

IBM Installation Manager and IBM Packaging Utility versions 1.8.2 and earlier.

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| APAR| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
IBM Installation Manager and IBM Packaging Utility| 1.8.2.1| None| 1.8.2.1 IBM Installation Manager Remediation
1.8.2.1 IBM Packaging Utility Remediation
IBM Installation Manager and IBM Packaging Utility| 1.7.4.1| None| 1.7.4.1 IBM Installation Manager Remediation
1.7.4.1 IBM Packaging Utility Remediation

Please note that the 1.7.4.1 fix is intended for upgrade of 1.7.4 and earlier versions which continue support on platforms that are NOT supported by 1.8 or later versions_._

Workarounds and Mitigations

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