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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2017.1251 Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM WebSphere Portal April 2017 CPU 17 May 2017 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: IBM WebSphere Portal Publisher: IBM Operating System: AIX HP-UX IBM i Linux variants Solaris Windows z/OS Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2016-9843 CVE-2016-9842 CVE-2016-9841 CVE-2016-9840 Reference: ESB-2017.1237 ESB-2017.1185 ESB-2017.1160 ESB-2017.1157 Original Bulletin: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22003467 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- More support for: WebSphere Portal Software version: 6.1, 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, 9.0 Operating system(s): AIX, HP-UX, IBM i, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS Reference #: 2003467 Modified date: 16 May 2017 Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition that is shipped with IBM WebSphere Application Server which is shipped with IBM WebSphere Portal. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in April 2017. Vulnerability Details If you run your own Java code using the IBM Java Runtime delivered with this product, you should evaluate your code to determine whether the complete list of vulnerabilities are applicable to your code. For a complete list of vulnerabilities please refer to the link for "IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin" located in the References section for more information. CVEID: CVE-2016-9840 DESCRIPTION: zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVSS Base Score: 3.3 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120508 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) CVEID: CVE-2016-9841 DESCRIPTION: zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVSS Base Score: 3.3 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120509 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) CVEID: CVE-2016-9842 DESCRIPTION: zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an undefined left shift of negative number. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVSS Base Score: 3.3 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120510 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) CVEID: CVE-2016-9843 DESCRIPTION: zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a big-endian out-of- bounds pointer. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVSS Base Score: 3.3 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120511 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) Affected Products and Versions IBM WebSphere Portal 9.0 IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5 IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0 IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0 IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1 For unsupported versions IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product. Remediation/Fixes Upgrade the SDK per WebSphere Application Server "Security Bulletin: WebSphere Application Server update of IBM SDK Java Technology Edition". For V9.0 Upgrade the SDK. For V8.5 Upgrade the SDK. For V8.0 Upgrade the SDK. For V7.0 Upgrade the SDK. For V6.1 Upgrade the SDK. Workarounds and Mitigations None Important note IBM strongly suggests that all System z customers be subscribed to the System z Security Portal to receive the latest critical System z security and integrity service. If you are not subscribed, see the instructions on the System z Security web site. Security and integrity APARs and associated fixes will be posted to this portal. IBM suggests reviewing the CVSS scores and applying all security or integrity fixes as soon as possible to minimize any potential risk. 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 Change History 16 May 2017: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. 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