Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect the IBM Spectrum Protect Server (CVE-2018-1890, CVE-2018-12547, CVE-2019-2426)

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ which is used by the IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Server. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2019.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1890 DESCRIPTION: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Version 8 on the AIX platform uses absolute RPATHs which may facilitate code injection and privilege elevation by local users.
CVSS Base Score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152081&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/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&gt; for the current score
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-2019-2426 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 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&gt; 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)

Affected Products and Versions

This vulnerability affects the following IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Server levels:

• 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.7.xxx
• 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.9.200

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Spectrum Protect
Server Release | First Fixing
VRM Level | Platform | Link to Fix
—|—|—|—
8.1 | 8.1.8 | AIX
Linux
Windows |

<https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10888463&gt;

7.1

|

7.1.9.300

| AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows |

ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/server/

Workarounds and Mitigations

None