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

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Runtime Environment Java which is used by the IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Server on AIX. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2019. UPDATED: 3/31/2020 with the 7.1 fix.

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 (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Server 8.1.0.000-8.1.8.xxx
IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Server 7.1.0.000-7.1.9.xxx

Remediation/Fixes

Spectrum Protect
Server Release		 First Fixing
VRM Level		 Platform Link to Fix
            8.1       8.1.9 AIX https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm11106253
            7.1       7.1.10 AIX https://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/server/v7r1/AIX

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

Change History

25 November 2019: Initial Publication
31 March 2020: Updated with 7.1 fix

*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:
31 March 2020

UID

ibm11108107

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