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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2016.2990 Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect Watson Explorer 16 December 2016 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: IBM Watson Explorer Publisher: IBM Operating System: Windows Linux variants Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated Modify Arbitrary Files -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2016-8610 CVE-2016-5597 CVE-2016-5542 CVE-2016-2183 CVE-2016-2177 Reference: ASB-2016.0098 ASB-2016.0095 ESB-2016.2924 ESB-2016.2916 Original Bulletin: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995749 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect Watson Explorer Security Bulletin Document information More support for: Watson Explorer Software version: 8.2.0, 9.0.0, 9.0.0.1, 9.0.0.2, 9.0.0.3, 9.0.0.4, 9.0.0.5, 9.0.0.6, 10.0.0, 10.0.0.1, 10.0.0.2, 11.0.0, 11.0.0.1, 11.0.0.2, 11.0.1 Operating system(s): Linux, Windows Software edition: All Editions Reference #: 1995749 Modified date: 15 December 2016 Summary Multiple security vulnerabilities affect Watson Explorer. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-8610 DESCRIPTION: SSL/TLS protocol is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when processing ALERT packets during a SSL handshake. By sending specially-crafted packets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to stop responding. CVSS Base Score: 7.5 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118296 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:H) CVEID: CVE-2016-2177 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the incorrect use of pointer arithmetic for heap-buffer boundary checks. By leveraging unexpected malloc behavior, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an integer overflow and cause the application to crash. CVSS Base Score: 5.9 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113890 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) CVEID: CVE-2016-2183 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the in the Triple-DES on 64-bit block cipher, 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 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) CVEID: CVE-2016-5597 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded related to the Networking component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors. CVSS Base Score: 5.9 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118071 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) CVEID: CVE-2016-5542 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded related to the Libraries component has no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact. CVSS Base Score: 3.1 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118073 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) Affected Products and Versions These vulnerabilities apply to the following products and versions: Watson Explorer Foundational Components versions 11.0.0.0 - 11.0.0.2, 11.0.1 Watson Explorer Foundational Components versions 10.0.0.0 - 10.0.0.2 Watson Explorer Foundational Components versions 9.0.0.0 - 9.0.0.6 InfoSphere Data Explorer versions 8.2 - 8.2-4 Remediation/Fixes Follow these steps to upgrade to the required version of OpenSSL. The table reflects product names at the time the specified versions were released. To use the links to Fix Central in this table, you must first log in to the IBM Support: Fix Central site at http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/. Affected Product Affected Versions Fix Affected Product Affected Versions Fix Watson Explorer Foundational Components 11.0.0.0 - 11.0.0.2, 11.0.1 Upgrade to Version 11.0..2 See Watson Explorer Version 11.0.2 Foundational Components for download information and instructions. Watson Explorer Foundational Components 10.0.0.0 - 10.0.0.2 Contact IBM Support. Watson Explorer Foundational Components 9.0.0.0 - 9.0.0.6 Contact IBM Support. InfoSphere Data Explorer 8.2 - 8.2-4 Contact IBM Support. Workarounds and Mitigations None. Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins Subscribe to My Notifications to be notified of important product support alerts like this. References Complete CVSS v3 Guide On-line Calculator v3 Related information IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog *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. - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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