Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affects IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in the IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Versions 7 and 8 that are used by IBM InfoSphere Information Server. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2019.

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-2019-2426 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)

Affected Products and Versions

The following products, running on all supported platforms, are affected:
IBM InfoSphere Information Server: versions 11.3, 11.5, and 11.7
IBM InfoSphere Information Server on Cloud: versions 11.5, and 11.7

Remediation/Fixes

Product

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VRMF

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APAR

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Remediation/First Fix

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InfoSphere Information Server, Information Server on Cloud

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11.7

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JR60764

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--Follow instructions in the README

InfoSphere Information Server, Information Server on Cloud

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11.5

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JR60764

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--Follow instructions in the README

InfoSphere Information Server

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11.3

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JR60764

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--Follow instructions in the README

Workarounds and Mitigations

None