Security Bulletin:Eclipse OpenJ9 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system and The IBM Java Runtime Environment's Diagnostic Tooling Framework for Java does not protect against CVE-2018-1656 and CVE-2018-12539

Summary

The IBM Java Runtime Environment’s Diagnostic Tooling Framework for Java (DTFJ) (IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0) does not protect against path traversal attacks when extracting compressed dump files. IBM X-Force ID: 144882. And Eclipse OpenJ9 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the failure to restrict the use of Java Attach API to connect to an Eclipse OpenJ9 or IBM JVM on the same machine and use Attach API operations to only the process owner. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute untrusted native code and gain elevated privileges on the system.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1656
DESCRIPTION: The IBM Java Runtime Environment’s Diagnostic Tooling Framework for Java (DTFJ) (IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0) does not protect against path traversal attacks when extracting compressed dump files. IBM X-Force ID: 144882.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144882 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Attack Vector: Local

CVEID: CVE-2018-12539
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the failure to restrict the use of Java Attach API to connect to an Eclipse OpenJ9 or IBM JVM on the same machine and use Attach API operations to only the process owner. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute untrusted native code and gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148389 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Attack Vector: Local

Affected Products and Versions

IBM and Eclipse Foundation OpenJ9 0.8

IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 6.0,7.0,8.0

Remediation/Fixes

You must replace the IBM® Runtime Environment, Java™ Technology Edition that is installed with IBM InfoSphere Optim Performance Manager for DB2 on Linux, UNIX, and Windows with the latest IBM® Runtime Environment, Java™ Technology Edition. Detailed instructions are provided in the tech-note: “Updating the IBM Runtime Environment, Java™ Technology Edition for InfoSphere Optim Performance Manager”

Workarounds and Mitigations

N/A