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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot on AIX (CVE-2019-4473, CVE-2019-11771)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Runtime Environment Java were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2019. IBM Runtime Environment Java is used by IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot (formerly Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager) on AIX.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-4473
DESCRIPTION:   Multiple binaries in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 7, 7R, and 8 on the AIX platform use insecure absolute RPATHs, which may facilitate code injection and privilege elevation by local users. IBM X-Force ID: 163984.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163984 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)


CVEID:   CVE-2019-11771
DESCRIPTION:   AIX builds of Eclipse OpenJ9 before 0.15.0 contain unused RPATHs which may facilitate code injection and privilege elevation by local users.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163989 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot (formerly FlashCopy Manager) for DB2 on AIX

8.1.0.0-8.1.6.2
4.1.0.0-4.1.6.3

IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot (formerly FlashCopy Manager) for Customer Applications on AIX8.1.0.0-8.1.6.2
4.1.0.0-4.1.6.3
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot (formerly FlashCopy Manager) for Oracle versions on AIX8.1.0.0-8.1.6.2
4.1.0.0-4.1.6.3
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot (formerly FlashCopy Manager) for Oracle with SAP environments on AIX8.1.0.0-8.1.6.2
4.1.0.0-4.1.6.3

Remediation/Fixes

 Spectrum Protect
Snapshot Release		First Fixing
VRMF Level		PlatformLink to Fix
      8.18.1.9AIXhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1071624
      4.14.1.6.4AIXhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1107945

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

Change History

22 Nov 2019: Initial Publication

*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

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
01 February 2022

UID

ibm11108017

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