Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ which is used by IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Enterprise Resource Planning. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2019.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-1890
DESCRIPTION: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Version 8 on the AIX platform uses absolute RPATHs which may facilitate code injection and privilege elevation by local users.
CVSS Base Score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152081 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2018-12547
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the jio_snprintf() and jio_vsnprintf() functions. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/157512 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
- 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.6.0 - Data Protection for SAP HANA
8.1.0.0 through 8.1.4.0 - Data Protection for SAP for Db2 and Data Protection for SAP for Oracle - 7.1.3.0 through 7.1.3.1 - Data Protection for SAP HANA, Db2, and Oracle.
Remediation/Fixes
Data Protection for SAP HANA Release | First Fixing VRMF Level |
Platform | Link to Fix |
8.1 | 8.1.6.1 | Linux |
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10879355 |
7.1 | 7.1.3.2 | Linux | https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10960113 |
Data Protection for SAP for Db2 and Oracle Release | First Fixing VRMF Level |
Platform | Link to Fix |
8.1 | 8.1.4.1 | AIX Linux Solaris Windows |
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10888223 |
7.1 | 7.1.3.2 | AIX HP-UX Linux Solaris Windows |
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Change History
31 July 2019 - 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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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
31 July 2019
UID
ibm10883888