Security Bulletin: CVE-2020-2590 (deferred from Oracle Jan 2020 CPU)

Summary

Steps to update JRE - IBM DataQuant

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-2590
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Java SE Security component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174538 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Please see “Workarounds”

Workarounds and Mitigations

Steps to update JRE - DataQuant:

1. Close DataQuant.
2. Download JRE (ibm-java-jre-80-win-i386) and extract the files to a temporary location.
3. Replace jre folder at the install directory location –> “C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\IBM DataQuant\DataQuant for Workstation”. Replace with contents in step # 2.
4. Download eclipse oxygen from https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/oxygen/3a/eclipse-jee-oxygen-3a-win32-x86_64.zip
5. Extract the eclipse oxygen and copy the plugin - org.apache.jasper.glassfish_2.2.2.v201501141630.jar from eclipse-jee-oxygen-3a-win32-x86_64\eclipse\plugins
6. Copy org.apache.jasper.glassfish_2.2.2.v201501141630.jar in the folder where DataQuant is installed - C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\IBM DataQuant\DataQuant for Workstation\plugins
7. Delete the older plugin org.apache.jasper.glassfish_2.2.2.v201205150955.jar from the DataQuant install directory