Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Runtime Environment Java affect Rational Build Forge (CVE-2018-1656; CVE-2018-2973; CVE-2018-12539)

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment that is bundled along with IBM Rational Build Forge.

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.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: For current score, refer _<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144882&gt;_.
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2973 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded JSSE component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: For current score, refer _<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/146835&gt;_.
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

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: For current score, refer _<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148389&gt;_.
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
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

IBM Rational Build Forge 8.0 to 8.0.0.9.

Remediation/Fixes

Apply the correct fix pack or iFix for your version of Build Forge:

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.