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

CVEID: CVE-2018-1458 DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10,1, 10.5 and 11.1 could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 140209.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/140209&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1487 DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5 and 11.1 binaries load shared libraries from an untrusted path potentially giving low privilege user full access to the DB2 instance account by loading a malicious shared library. IBM X-Force ID: 140972.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/140972&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 are published in the following security bulletins:
Security Bulletin: Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in the IBM Db2 DAS component on Windows (CVE-2018-1458)
Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation in IBM Db2 via loading libraries from untrusted path (CVE-2018-1487)

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: Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in the IBM Db2 DAS component on Windows (CVE-2018-1458)
Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation in IBM Db2 via loading libraries from untrusted path (CVE-2018-1487)

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: Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in the IBM Db2 DAS component on Windows (CVE-2018-1458)
Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation in IBM Db2 via loading libraries from untrusted path (CVE-2018-1487)

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&

Workarounds and Mitigations

None