Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in DB2 that affect the IBM Performance Management product

Summary

DB2 contains several vulnerabilities which can affect the IBM Performance Management product. Some of the information about security vulnerabilities affecting DB2 has been published in security bulletins.

Vulnerability Details

Relevant CVE Information:

CVEID: CVE-2018-1711 DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) could allow a local user to to gain privileges due to allowing modificaiton of columns of existing tasks.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/146369&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)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1685 DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) contains a vulnerability in db2cacpy that could allow a local user to read any file on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145502&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:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1710 DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) tool db2licm is affected by buffer overflow vulnerability that can potentially result in arbitrary code execution.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/146364&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)

Details of these vulnerabilities can be found in the following security bulletins:
Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation vulnerability affects IBM Db2 Administrative Task Scheduler (CVE-2018-1711)
Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation in IBM Db2 tool db2cacpy (CVE-2018-1685)
Security Bulletin: Buffer overflow in IBM Db2 tool db2licm (CVE-2018-1710)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Monitoring 8.1.3
IBM Application Diagnostics 8.1.3
IBM Application Performance Management 8.1.3
IBM Application Performance Management Advanced 8.1.3
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Base Private 8.1.4
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Advanced Private 8.1.4

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management Base Private

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management Advanced Private

| 8.1.4 |

The vulnerabilities can be remediated by first applying the necessary fixes to your DB2 V10.5, or V11.1 server. The fixes can be accessed from the following security bulletins:

Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation vulnerability affects IBM Db2 Administrative Task Scheduler (CVE-2018-1711)
Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation in IBM Db2 tool db2cacpy (CVE-2018-1685)
Security Bulletin: Buffer overflow in IBM Db2 tool db2licm (CVE-2018-1710)

To use your updated DB2 V10.5, or V11.1 server with your IBM Cloud Application Performance Management product, apply the 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-SERVER-IF0004 or later server patch to the system where the Cloud APM server is installed. Interim fixes for the Cloud APM server version 8.1.4 are available to download from IBM Fix Central at this link:
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%20Performance%20Management%20family&product=ibm/Tivoli/IBM+Application+Performance+Management+Advanced&release=8.1.4.0&platform=All&function=all

IBM Monitoring

IBM Application Diagnostics

IBM Application Performance Management

IBM Application Performance Management Advanced

| 8.1.3 |

The vulnerabilities can be remediated by first applying the necessary fixes to your DB2 V10.5 server. The fixes can be accessed from the following security bulletins:

Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation vulnerability affects IBM Db2 Administrative Task Scheduler (CVE-2018-1711)
Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation in IBM Db2 tool db2cacpy (CVE-2018-1685)
Security Bulletin: Buffer overflow in IBM Db2 tool db2licm (CVE-2018-1710)

To use your updated DB2 V10.5 server with your IBM Cloud Application Performance Management product, apply the 8.1.3.0-IBM-IPM-SERVER-IF0011 or later server patch to the system where the APM server is installed. Interim fixes for the APM server version 8.1.3 are available to download from IBM Fix Central at this link: https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%20Performance%20Management%20family&product=ibm/Tivoli/IBM+Application+Performance+Management+Advanced&release=8.1.3.0&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None