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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2016.0498
Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM Java Runtime affect
Rational Policy Tester (CVE-2015-7575)
25 February 2016
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Rational Policy Tester
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Windows
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Provide Misleading Information -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2015-7575
Reference: ASB-2016.0004
ESB-2016.0495
ESB-2016.0494
ESB-2016.0049
ESB-2016.0047
ESB-2016.0046
Original Bulletin:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21976733
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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM Java Runtime affect Rational Policy
Tester (CVE-2015-7575)
Security Bulletin
Document information
More support for:
Rational Policy Tester
Software version:
8.5.0.5
Operating system(s):
Windows
Reference #:
1976733
Modified date:
2016-02-24
Summary
There is a vulnerability in IBM Runtime Environment Java Technology Edition,
Version 8.0 that is used by Rational Policy Tester. This vulnerability,
commonly referred to as SLOTH, was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK
updates in January 2016.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID:CVE-2015-7575
DESCRIPTION:The TLS protocol could allow weaker than expected security caused
by a collision attack when using the MD5 hash function for signing a
ServerKeyExchange message during a TLS handshake. An attacker could exploit
this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate a TLS
server and obtain credentials.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score:
Seehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109415for the current
score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/UI:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
Rational Policy Tester 8.5.x
Remediation/Fixes
Product VRMF Remediation/First Fix
Rational Policy Tester 8.5.x PolicyTester-8.5.0.5-IFix-009-Windows
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3
IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin
Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Acknowledgement
CVE-2015-7575 was reported to IBM by Karthikeyan Bhargavan at INRIA in Paris,
France
Change History
11 February 1016 : 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
According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and
priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT
OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.
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