Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects IBM Spectrum Scale packaged in IBM Elastic Storage Server (CVE-2018-12539)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 used by IBM Elastic Storage Server.
This issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2018.

Vulnerability Details

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&gt; for the current score
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

The Elastic Storage Server 5.3 thru 5.3.1.1
The Elastic Storage Server 5.0.0 thru 5.2.3
The Elastic Storage Server 4.5.0 thru 4.6.0
The Elastic Storage Server 4.0.0 thru 4.0.6

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Elastic Storage Server V5.0.0. thru 5.3.0.1, apply V5.3.2 available from FixCentral at:

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=5.3.0&platform=All&function=all

For IBM Elastic Storage Server V5.0.0. thru 5.2.2.1, apply V5.2.4 available from FixCentral at:

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=5.2.0&platform=All&function=all

Notes:
If you are unable to upgrade to ESS 5.3.2 or 5.2.4, please contact IBM Service to obtain an efix:

- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.3-5.3.1.1, reference APAR IJ09551
- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.0 - 5.2.3, reference APAR IJ09542
- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 4.0.0 - 4.6.0, reference APAR IJ09542

To contact IBM Service, see <http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None