Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect Rational DOORS Web Access

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Versions 7 and 8, which are used by IBM Rational DOORS Web Access. IBM Rational DOORS Web Access has addressed the applicable CVEs. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2019.

Vulnerability Details

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 for more information
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)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Rational DOORS Web Access: 9.5.1 - 9.5.1.10
IBM Rational DOORS Web Access: 9.5.2 - 9.5.2.9
IBM Rational DOORS Web Access: 9.6.0 - 9.6.0.8
IBM Rational DOORS Web Access: 9.6.1 - 9.6.1.11

Remediation/Fixes

For Rational DOORS Web Access installations, upgrade the JRE as noted in the table below. You can upgrade the JRE after Rational DOORS Web Access is installed. Publicly available versions of the Oracle JRE are not supported with Rational DOORS Web Access.

The following table presents Rational DOORS Web Access versions and the compatible versions of IBM JRE.

For versions of IBM Rational DOORS Web Access that are earlier than version 9.5.1.x, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None