Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM MessageSight

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 8.0 used by IBM WIoTP MessageGateway. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2019.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-2945
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Networking 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/169250 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2019-2933
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the 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/169238 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2019-17631
**DESCRIPTION:**Eclipse OpenJ9 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the failure to performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to diagnostic operations such as causing a GC or creating a diagnostic file.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/169513 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| APAR| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
IBM WIoTP MessageGateway|

5.0.0.2

|

IT31139

| 5.0.0.2-IBM-IMA-IFIT31139
IBM MessageSight|

5.0.0.0

|

IT31139

| 5.0.0.0-IBM-IMA-IFIT31139
IBM MessageSight|

2.0.0.2

|

IT31139

| 2.0.0.2-IBM-IMA-IFIT31139

Workarounds and Mitigations

None