Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Platform Symphony and IBM Spectrum Symphony

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 8 Service Refresh 5 Fix Pack 27 and earlier releases used by IBM Platform Symphony and IBM Spectrum Symphony. IBM Platform Symphony and IBM Spectrum Symphony have addressed the applicable CVEs.

IBM is working to provide fixes for these vulnerabilities as soon as possible and will update this security bulletin when available.

Vulnerability Details

If you run your own Java code using the IBM Java Runtime delivered with this product, you should evaluate your code to determine whether additional Java vulnerabilities are applicable to your code. For a complete list of vulnerabilities, refer to the “IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin”, located in the References section for more information.

CVEID: CVE-2018-11212 DESCRIPTION: libjpeg is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by divide-by-zero error in the alloc_sarray function in jmemmgr.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143429 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2019-2426 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability 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 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)

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-2019-2422 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability 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 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-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)

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 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)

CVEID: CVE-2019-2698 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE 2D component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159790 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2019-2697 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE 2D component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159789 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2019-2602 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a high availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159698 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2019-2684 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE RMI component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159776 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2019-10245 DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the execution of a method past the end of bytecode array by the Java bytecode verifier. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/160010 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1
IBM Platform Symphony 7.1.1
IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2
IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.0.2
IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.1

Remediation/Fixes

Applicability

• Operating systems: Linux x64, Windows X64

• Cluster type: Single grid cluster, Developer Edition, Multicluster

Prerequisite

To install or uninstall the .rpm packages for IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2, 7.2.0.2, and 7.2.1, you must have root permission and RPM version 4.2.1 or later must be installed on the host.

Packages

Product	VRMF	APAR	Remediation/First Fix
IBM Platform Symphony	7.1 Fix Pack 1	P103016

symSetup_jre8sr5fp35_linux-x64_build520994.tar.gz

symSetup_jre8sr5fp35_win-x64_build520994.zip

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Other+software/Platform+Symphony&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=sym-7.1-build520994&includeSupersedes=0

IBM Platform Symphony | 7.1.1 | P103016 |

symSetup_jre8sr5fp35_linux-x64_build520994.tar.gz

symSetup_jre8sr5fp35_win-x64_build520994.zip

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Other+software/Platform+Symphony&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=sym-7.1.1-build520994&includeSupersedes=0

IBM Spectrum Symphony | 7.1.2 | P103016 |

egojre-1.8.0.535.x86_64.rpm

symSetup_jre8sr5fp35_linux-x64_build520994.tar.gz

symSetup_jre8sr5fp35_win-x64_build520994.zip

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+Spectrum+Symphony&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=sym-7.1.2-build520994&includeSupersedes=0

IBM Spectrum Symphony | 7.2.0.2 | P103016 |

egojre-8.0.5.35.x86_64.rpm

symSetup_jre8sr5fp35_linux-x64_build520994.tar.gz

symSetup_jre8sr5fp35_win-x64_build520994.zip

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+Spectrum+Symphony&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=sym-7.2.0.2-build520994&includeSupersedes=0

IBM Spectrum Symphony | 7.2.1 | P103016 |

egojre-8.0.5.35.x86_64.rpm

symSetup_jre8sr5fp35_linux-x64_build520994.tar.gz

symSetup_jre8sr5fp35_win-x64_build520994.zip

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+Spectrum+Symphony&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=sym-7.2.1-build520994&includeSupersedes=0

Installing on Linux management hosts in grid clusters

1. Log on to the master host as the cluster administrator.

> egosh user logon -u Admin -x Admin

2. Disable your applications, stop services, and shut down the cluster:

> soamcontrol app disable all

> egosh service stop all

> egosh ego shutdown all

3. Back up or uninstall the existing JRE on all management hosts:

• For Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1 and 7.1.1, back up the JRE folder (under $EGO_TOP/jre/<EGO_version>/linux-x86_64/). For example, in Platform Symphony 7.1.1 cluster, back up the JRE folder at $EGO_TOP/jre/3.3/linux-x86_64/.
• For IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2, 7.2.0.2 and 7.2.1, uninstall the existing JRE:

1. Query the existing JRE package and uninstall it from the dbpath location, for example:

> rpm -qa --dbpath /tmp/rpm |grep egojre

egojre-1.8.0.3-408454.x86_64

> rpm -e egojre-1.8.0.3-408454.x86_64 --dbpath /tmp/rpm --nodeps

2. For IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.0.2, remove the links remaining in the jre folder, for example:

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/jre/8.0.5.0

4. Log on to each management host as the cluster administrator and source the environment.

> source profile.platform

5. On each management host, replace your current JRE folder with the files in this interim fix.

• For Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1 and 7.1.1, remove the files in the existing JRE folder and extract the interim package to the JRE folder. For example, in Platform Symphony 7.1.1, enter the following commands:

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/jre/3.3/linux-x86_64/*

> tar zxfo symSetup_jre8sr5fp35_linux-x64_build520994.tar.gz -C $EGO_TOP/jre/3.3/linux-x86_64

• For IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2, 7.2.0.2, and 7.2.1, use the same prefix and dbpath as the installation, for example:

> rpm –ivh egojre-1.8.0.535.x86_64.rpm --prefix /opt/platform --dbpath /tmp/rpm

6. Delete all subdirectories and files in the GUI work directory:

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/work/*

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/workarea/*

**NOTE:**If you configured the WLP_OUTPUT_DIR parameter and APPEND_HOSTNAME_TO_WLP_OUTPUT_DIR is set to true in the $EGO_CONFDIR/conf/wlp.conf file, you must clean up the $WLP_OUTPUT_DIR/webgui_hostname/gui/workarea/ directory.

7. Launch your browser and clear the browser cache.

8. From the master host, start the cluster and enable your applications:

> source profile.platform

> egosh ego start all

> soamcontrol app enable <appName>

Installing on Linux Multicluster hosts

1. Log on to the master host as the cluster administrator and source the environment:

> source profile.platform

2. Stop services and shut down the cluster:

> egosh service stop all

> egosh ego shutdown all

3. Back up the JRE folder (under $EGO_TOP/jre/<EGO_version>/linux-x86_64/). For example, in Platform Symphony 7.1.1 Multicluster, back up the JRE folder at $EGO_TOP/jre/3.3/linux-x86_64/.

4. Log on to each management host as the cluster administrator and replace your current JRE folder with the files in this interim fix. For example, in Platform Symphony 7.1.1 Multicluster, enter the following commands:

> source profile.platform

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/jre/3.3/linux-x86_64/*

> tar zxfo symSetup_jre8sr5fp35_linux-x64_build520994.tar.gz -C $EGO_TOP/jre/3.3/linux-x86_64

5. Delete all subdirectories and files in the GUI work directory:

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/work/*

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/workarea/*

**NOTE:**If you configured the WLP_OUTPUT_DIR parameter and APPEND_HOSTNAME_TO_WLP_OUTPUT_DIR is set to true in the $EGO_CONFDIR/conf/wlp.conf file, you must clean up the $WLP_OUTPUT_DIR/webgui_hostname/gui/workarea/ directory.

6. Launch your browser and clear the browser cache.

7. From the master host, source the environment and start the cluster:

> source profile.platform

> egosh ego start all

Installing on Linux Developer Edition hosts

1. Log on to each Linux Developer Edition (DE) host, source the environment and stop the agent:

> source profile.platform

> soamcontrol app disable all

> soamshutdown

2. Back up the JRE folder (under $SOAM_HOME/jre/linux-x86_64/). For example, in Platform Symphony DE 7.1.1, back up the JRE folder at $SOAM_HOME/jre/linux-x86_64/.

3. Log on to each DE host as the administrator and replace your current JRE folder with the files in this interim fix.

For example, in Platform Symphony DE 7.1.1, enter the following commands:

> rm -rf $SOAM_HOME/jre/linux-x86_64/*

> tar zxfo symSetup_jre8sr5fp35_linux-x64_build520994.tar.gz -C $SOAM_HOME/jre/linux-x86_64

4. Start the agent:

> soamstartup &

> soamcontrol app enable <appName>

Installing on Windows Developer Edition hosts

1. Log on to each Windows Developer Edition (DE) host and stop the agent:

> soamcontrol app disable all

> soamshutdown

2. Back up the JRE folder (under %SOAM_HOME%\jre). For example, in Platform Symphony DE 7.1.1, back up the JRE folder at %SOAM_HOME%\jre.

3. Log on to each DE host as the administrator and replace your current JRE folder with the files in this interim fix. For example, in Platform Symphony DE 7.1.1, delete all files under %SOAM_HOME%\jre, and decompress the symSetup_jre8sr5fp35_win-x64_build520994.zip package under it.

4. Start the agent:

> soamstartup

> soamcontrol app enable <appName>

Verifying the installation

• For Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1 hosts, the following example shows output for the java -version command:

> $EGO_TOP/jre/3.1/linux-x86_64/bin/java -version

java version “1.8.0_211”

Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 8.0.5.35 - pxa6480sr5fp35-20190418_01(SR5 FP35))

IBM J9 VM (build 2.9, JRE 1.8.0 Linux amd64-64-Bit Compressed References 20190417_414854 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)

OpenJ9 - 777635f

OMR - 16b77d7

IBM - 72459d3)

JCL - 20190409_01 based on Oracle jdk8u211-b25

• For Platform Symphony 7.1.1 hosts, the following example shows output for the java -version command:

> $EGO_TOP/jre/3.3/linux-x86_64/bin/java -version

java version “1.8.0_211”

Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 8.0.5.35 - pxa6480sr5fp35-20190418_01(SR5 FP35))

IBM J9 VM (build 2.9, JRE 1.8.0 Linux amd64-64-Bit Compressed References 20190417_414854 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)

OpenJ9 - 777635f

OMR - 16b77d7

IBM - 72459d3)

JCL - 20190409_01 based on Oracle jdk8u211-b25

• For IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2 hosts, the following example shows output for the rpm -qa command:

> rpm -qa --dbpath /tmp/rpm |grep egojre

egojre-1.8.0.535-520994.x86_64

• For IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.0.2 hosts, the following example shows output for the rpm -qa command:

> rpm -qa --dbpath /tmp/rpm |grep egojre

egojre-8.0.5.35-520994.x86_64

• For IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.1 hosts, the following example shows output for the rpm -qa command:

> rpm -qa --dbpath /tmp/rpm |grep egojre

egojre-8.0.5.35-520994.x86_64

• For Linux DE hosts, the following example shows output for the java -version command:

> $SOAM_HOME/jre/linux-x86_64/bin/java -version

java version “1.8.0_211”

Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 8.0.5.35 - pxa6480sr5fp35-20190418_01(SR5 FP35))

IBM J9 VM (build 2.9, JRE 1.8.0 Linux amd64-64-Bit Compressed References 20190417_414854 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)

OpenJ9 - 777635f

OMR - 16b77d7

IBM - 72459d3)

JCL - 20190409_01 based on Oracle jdk8u211-b25

• For Windows DE hosts, the following example shows output for the java -version command:

> %SOAM_HOME%\jre\bin\java -version

java version “1.8.0_211”

Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 8.0.5.35 - pwa6480sr5fp35-20190418_01(SR5 FP35))

IBM J9 VM (build 2.9, JRE 1.8.0 Windows 10 amd64-64-Bit Compressed References 20190417_414854 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)

OpenJ9 - 777635f

OMR - 16b77d7

IBM - 72459d3)

JCL - 20190409_01 based on Oracle jdk8u211-b25

Uninstallation

If required, follow these instructions to uninstall this interim fix in your cluster:

Uninstalling on Linux management hosts in grid clusters

1. Log on to each management host as the cluster administrator, disable your applications, stop services, and shut down the cluster:

> source profile.platform

> soamcontrol app disable all

> egosh service stop all

> egosh ego shutdown all

2. Log on to each management host as the cluster administrator and restore the JRE folder from your backup.

• For Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1 and 7.1.1, restore your backup to the $EGO_TOP/jre/<EGO_version>/linux-x86_64/ folder. For example, in Platform Symphony 7.1.1, restore your backup to the $EGO_TOP/jre/3.3/linux-x86_64/ folder.
• For IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2, 7.2.0.2 and 7.2.1, uninstall the existing JRE, then install the old one:

1. Uninstall the JRE fix, for example:

> rpm -e egojre-1.8.0.535-520994.x86_64 --dbpath /tmp/rpm/ --nodeps

2. For IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.0.2, remove the link remaining under the jre folder, for example:

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/jre/8.0.5.35

3. Extract the egojre .rpm package from the .bin installation package. For example, for IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2, enter:

> sym-7.1.2.0_x86_64.bin --extract /opt/extract

4. Reinstall the old JRE package. Use the same prefix and dbpath as the installation, for example:

> rpm -ivh /opt/extract/egojre-1.8.0.3.x86_64.rpm --prefix /opt/platform --dbpath /tmp/rpm

3. Delete all subdirectories and files in the GUI work directory:

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/work/*

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/workarea/*

**NOTE:**If you configured the WLP_OUTPUT_DIR parameter and APPEND_HOSTNAME_TO_WLP_OUTPUT_DIR is set to true in the $EGO_CONFDIR/conf/wlp.conf file, you must clean up the $WLP_OUTPUT_DIR/webgui_hostname/gui/workarea/ directory.

4. Launch your browser and clear the browser cache.

5. From the master host, start the cluster and enable your applications:

> source profile.platform

> egosh ego start all

> soamcontrol app enable <appName>

Uninstalling on Linux Multicluster hosts

1. Log on to each management host as the cluster administrator, stop services, and shut down the cluster:

> source profile.platform

> egosh service stop all

> egosh ego shutdown all

2. Restore your backup to the $EGO_TOP/jre/<EGO_version>/linux-x86_64/ folder. For example, in Platform Symphony 7.1.1 Multicluster, restore your backup to the $EGO_TOP/jre/3.3/linux-x86_64/ folder.

3. Delete all subdirectories and files in the GUI work directory:

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/work/*

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/workarea/*

**NOTE:**If you configured the WLP_OUTPUT_DIR parameter and APPEND_HOSTNAME_TO_WLP_OUTPUT_DIR is set to true in the $EGO_CONFDIR/conf/wlp.conf file, you must clean up the $WLP_OUTPUT_DIR/webgui_hostname/gui/workarea/ directory.

4. Launch your browser and clear the browser cache.

5. From the master host, source the environment and start the cluster:

> source profile.platform

> egosh ego start all

Uninstalling on Linux Developer Edition hosts

1. Log on to each Linux Developer Edition (DE) host as the administrator and stop the agent:

> source profile.platform

> soamcontrol app disable all

> soamshutdown

2. Restore your backup to the $SOAM_HOME/jre/linux-x86_64/ folder. For example, in Platform Symphony DE 7.1.1, restore the JRE folder at $SOAM_HOME/jre/linux-x86_64/.

3. Start the agent:

> soamstartup &

> soamcontrol app enable <appName>

Uninstalling on Windows Developer Edition hosts

1. Log on to each Windows Developer Edition (DE) host as the administrator and stop the agent:

> soamcontrol app disable all

> soamshutdown

2. Restore your backup to the %SOAM_HOME%\jre folder. For example, in Platform Symphony DE 7.1.1, restore the JRE folder at %SOAM_HOME%\jre.

3. Start the agent:

> soamstartup

> soamcontrol app enable <appName>

Workarounds and Mitigations

None