Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 6 and 7, used by the OS Images for IBM PureApplication System.
These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK quarterly updates in October 2018, and the following vulnerabilities have been addressed.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Security component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 3.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151452
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID:
CVE-2018-3139
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in related to the Java SE Networking component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151455
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID:
CVE-2018-3180
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE JSSE component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause low confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and low availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151497
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:L/A:L)
CVEID:
CVE-2018-3214
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Sound component could allow an unauthenticated 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/151530
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-2018-13785
DESCRIPTION: libpng is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a wrong calculation of row_factor in the png_check_chunk_length function in pngrutil.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/146015
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:H)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM PureApplication System V2.2.3.0
IBM PureApplication System V2.2.3.1
IBM PureApplication System V2.2.3.2
IBM PureApplication System V2.2.4.0
IBM PureApplication System V2.2.5.0
IBM PureApplication System V2.2.5.1
IBM PureApplication System V2.2.5.2
Remediation/Fixes
The PureSystems® Managers on IBM PureApplication System is affected.
Visit IBM Fix Central to download the fixes for AIX, Linux, or Windows.
Alternatively, the solution is to upgrade the IBM PureApplication System to the following fix level:
IBM PureApplication System V2.2.5.3
IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product. Contact IBM for assistance.
Information on upgrading can be found here: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27039159
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
January 25, 2019: Original document 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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Internal Use Only
Advisory ID 13809
Product Record ID 124907
RTC Defect 243318
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Document Information
Modified date:
25 January 2019
UID
ibm10795207