Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM MQ Light

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 7 Service Refresh 9 Fix Pack 60 and earlier releases, IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 7R1 Service Refresh 3 Fix Pack 60 and earlier releases, and IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 8 Service Refresh 3 Fix Pack 22 and earlier releases that are used by IBM MQ Light. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2017.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-5546**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE Java SE Embedded and Jrockit related to the Libraries component has no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120869&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5547**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE Java SE Embedded and Jrockit related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120871&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-2183**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the DES/3DES cipher that is used as a part of the SSL/TLS protocol. By capturing large amounts of encrypted traffic between the SSL/TLS server and the client, a remote attacker able to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability to recover the plaintext data and obtain sensitive information. This vulnerability is known as the SWEET32 Birthday attack.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116337&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:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

The vulnerabilities affect users of IBM MQ Light 1.0 - 1.0.6 on all platforms

Remediation/Fixes

This issue has been addressed by IBM MQ Light 1.0.7

Download and install the latest MQ Light Server appropriate for your platform: https://developer.ibm.com/messaging/mq-light/.

The following link describes how to re-use the data from your existing installation:
_http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSBJCR_1.0.0/com.ibm.mq.koa.doc/tmql_data.htm _.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None