Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition affect IBM Performance Management products

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in the Oracle Java SE and the Java SE Embedded impact the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition.

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&gt; 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-2018-12549 DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the failure to omit a null check on the receiver object of an Unsafe call when accelerating it. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/157513&gt; 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)

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&gt; 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)

CVEID: CVE-2019-2422 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155741&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2019-2449 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE Deployment component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155766&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2019-2426 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE Networking component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155744&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-11212 DESCRIPTION: libjpeg is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by divide-by-zero error in the alloc_sarray function in jmemmgr.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143429&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Base Private

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Advanced Private

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| Product
VRMF | Remediation
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IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Base Private

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Advanced Private | 8.1.4 | The vulnerabilities can be remediated by applying the Core Framework interim fix 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-CORE-FRAMEWORK-APM-IF0009 to all systems where Cloud APM agents are installed:
<https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10879541&gt;
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management | SaaS |

After your subscription is upgraded to V8.1.4, the vulnerabilities can be remediated by either

a) downloading the Core Framework interim fix 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-CORE-FRAMEWORK-APM-IF0009 to all systems where Cloud APM agents are installed and applying the fix by following the instructions at this link:
<https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10879541&gt;
b) downloading the Cloud APM agent packages for the operating systems that your agents run on and using the downloaded packages to upgrade existing agents to use the updated Core Framework or to install new agents with the updated Core Framework.

Please refer to the link <https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSMKFH/com.ibm.apmaas.doc/install/download_agents_intro.htm&gt; for details
on downloading agent packages from IBM Marketplace

Please refer to the link <https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSMKFH/com.ibm.apmaas.doc/install/install_agent_upgrade.htm&gt; or details on upgrading existing agents.

Please refer to the link <https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSMKFH/com.ibm.apmaas.doc/install/install_intro.htm&gt;
for details on installing new agents.

IBM Monitoring
IBM Application Diagnostics
IBM Application Performance Management
IBM Application Performance Management Advanced | 8.1.3 |

The vulnerabilities can be remediated by applying the Core Framework interim fix 8.1.3.0-IBM-IPM-CORE-FRAMEWORK-IPM-IF0009 to all systems where Performance Management agents are installed:

<https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10879839&gt;