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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2017.1443
Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect Watson
Explorer Content Analytics Studio
9 June 2017
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Watson Explorer
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Windows
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Modify Arbitrary Files -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Provide Misleading Information -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2016-5549 CVE-2016-5548 CVE-2016-5547
CVE-2016-5546 CVE-2016-2183
Reference: ASB-2017.0074
ASB-2017.0028
ESB-2016.2239.2
ESB-2016.2238
Original Bulletin:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22003913
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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect Watson Explorer Content
Analytics Studio (CVE-2016-5546 CVE-2016-5548 CVE-2016-5549 CVE-2016-5547
CVE-2016-2183)
Document information
More support for: Watson Explorer
Software version: 11.0.0
Operating system(s): Windows
Reference #: 2003913
Modified date: 09 June 2017
Security Bulletin
Summary
Security vulnerabilities have been identified in IBM(R) Runtime Environment
Java(TM) Technology Edition that is used by Watson Explorer Content
Analytics Studio.
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 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-2016-5548
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE
Embedded related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker
to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact
using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120864 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2016-5549
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE
Embedded related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker
to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact
using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120863 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/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 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, used as 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)
Affected Products and Versions
These vulnerabilities apply to the following product and version:
Watson Explorer Content Analytics Studio version 11.0.0.3 and earlier,
version 11.0.1, version 11.0.2.
Remediation/Fixes
Follow these steps to upgrade to the required version of IBM Java Runtime.
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 Required IBM Java Runtime How to acquire and apply the fix
IBM Watson Explorer
Content Analytics Studio 11.0 - 11.0.0.3, JVM 8 SR4 FP1 or later Upgrade to Version 11.0.2. For information
11.0.1 about this version, and links to the software
and release notes, see
the download document. For information about
upgrading, see the upgrade procedures.
IBM Watson Explorer
Content Analytics Studio 11.0.2 JVM 8 SR4 FP1 or later Download the IBM Java Runtime, Version 8 package and operating system
from Fix Central: interim fix
11.0.2.0-WS-WatsonExplorer-AEAnalytical-CAStudio-8SR4FP1 or later.
For example, 11.0.2.0-WS-WatsonExplorer-AEAnalytical-CAStudio-8SR4FP5,
which includes 64-bit version of IBM Java Runtime.
To apply the fix, follow the steps in Updating IBM Java Runtime.
References
Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3
Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Change History
7 Jun 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.
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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