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                               ESB-2016.0542
 Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects IBM OS Images
       for Red Hat Linux Systems, AIX, and Windows. (CVE-2015-7575)
                               1 March 2016

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM OS Images
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  AIX
                   Red Hat
                   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-2016.0539
                   ESB-2016.0538
                   ESB-2016.0523
                   ESB-2016.0522
                   ESB-2016.0521
                   ESB-2016.0519
                   ESB-2016.0518

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21977880

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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects IBM OS Images for 
Red Hat Linux Systems, AIX, and Windows. (CVE-2015-7575)

Document information

More support for:

PureApplication System

Software version:

2.0, 2.0.0.1, 2.1.0.0, 2.1.0.1, 2.1.0.2, 2.1.1.0, 2.1.2.0

Operating system(s):

AIX, Linux, Windows

Reference #:

1977880

Modified date:

2016-02-29

Security Bulletin

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition, Version 6 and 7,
that is used by IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, IBM OS Images for 
AIX, and Windows. The issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates
in January 2016 and this vulnerability is commonly referred to as SLOTH.

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. This vulnerability is commonly referred to as 
SLOTH.

CVSS Base Score: 7.1

CVSS Temporal Score: See 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109415 for 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

IBM OS Image for Red Hat Linux Systems 3.0.0.0 and earlier.

IBM OS Image for AIX Systems 2.1.1.0 and earlier.

Remediation/Fixes

Virtual machines deployed from IBM PureApplication Systems are affected. This
includes RedHat Linux, AIX-based, and Windows-based deployments. The solution
is to apply the following IBM PureApplication System fix to the deployed 
virtual machines.

Java Update for Windows

http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/doSelectFixes?options.selectedFixes=Java_Update_Windows_Feb_2016

Java Update for Linux

http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/doSelectFixes?options.selectedFixes=Java_Update_Linux_Feb_2016

Java Update for AIX

http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/doSelectFixes?options.selectedFixes=Java_Update_AIX_Feb_2016

1. Import the fix into the Emergency Fix catalogue.

2. For deployed instances, apply this emergency fix on the VM.

3. Restart the deployed instance after the fix is applied.

Workarounds and Mitigations

For CVE-2015-7575:

Users of Java 7 and later can address the issue by updating the 
/jre/lib/security/java.security file as follows (both steps are required):

 Add MD5 to the jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms property - e.g. 
jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms=MD2, RSA keySize < 1024, MD5

 Add MD5withRSA to the jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms property - e.g. 
jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms=SSLv3, RC4, DH keySize < 768, MD5withRSA

Java 6 requires code changes in the JSSE component in addition to the 
java.security file modifications, so upgrading the JDK is the only solution.

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide

On-line Calculator v3

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

26 February 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

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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