Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java Runtime affects IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack (CVE-2019-2816)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM Runtime Environment Java that is used by IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack. This issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2019. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack has addressed this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-2816
**DESCRIPTION:**Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Networking). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u221, 8u212, 11.0.3 and 12.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u211. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.8 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).
CVSS Base score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163878 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack Release | First
Fixing
VRM Level |

Platform

| Link to Fix
—|—|—|—
6.1| 6.1.12.9|

Windows
Linux

| https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%2FTivoli&product=ibm/Tivoli/IBM+Tivoli+Storage+Manager+FastBack&release=6.1.12.8&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=6.1.12.9-TIV-TSMFB-FP001&includeSupersedes=0

Customers on older versions of the product should upgrade to a fixed supported level.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None