Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime affect Rational Service Tester

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7 & 8 and IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 7 & 8 used by Rational Service Tester. Rational Service Tester has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1656 DESCRIPTION: The IBM Java Runtime Environment’s Diagnostic Tooling Framework for Java (DTFJ) does not protect against path traversal attacks when extracting compressed dump files.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144882 for the current score
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-2018-12539
**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 more information
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

Rational Service Tester versions 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 9.0, 9.1 and 9.2.

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrading to version 9.2.1 is strongly recommended.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.