Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect Host On-Demand

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 8.0 used by Host On-Demand. Host On-Demand has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-2449 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Deployment component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155766 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

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

• Host On-Demand: 12.0, 12.0.0.1, 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.3, 12.0.4, 12.0.4.1
• Host On-Demand: 13.0, 13.0.1, 13.0.1.1 and 13.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to fixed IBM® Runtime Environments Java™ from the following location :

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Rational&product=ibm/Rational/IBM+Host+On-Demand&release=8.0.5.30&platform=Windows&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None