Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in SQLite affects IBM Cloud Application Performance Management Response Time Monitoring Agent and IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions (CVE-2018-8740)

Summary

SQLite is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the src/build.c, src/prepare.c. By using a corrupted SQLite3 database file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-8740 DESCRIPTION: SQLite is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the src/build.c, src/prepare.c. By using a corrupted SQLite3 database 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/140476&gt; 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)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Advanced Private V8.1.4
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management V8.1.4
IBM Performance Management V8.1.3
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager (ITCAM) for Transactions: Version 7.4.0.1
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager (ITCAM) for Transactions: Version 7.4.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

Product

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Product Version

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APAR

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Remediation / First Fix

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IBM Cloud Application Performance Management - Response Time Monitoring Agent | 8.1.4 | |

If you use the Response Time Monitoring Agent, the vulnerabilities can be remediated by applying the Response Time Monitoring Agent 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-RT-AGENT-IF0002 patch to all systems where this agent is installed:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FIBM+Application+Performance+Management+Advanced&amp;fixids=8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-RT-AGENT-IF0002&amp;source=SAR

IBM Performance Management - Response Time Monitoring Agent | 8.1.3 | |

If you use the Response Time Monitoring Agent, the vulnerabilities can be remediated by applying the Response Time Monitoring Agent 8.1.3.0-IBM-IPM-RT-AGENT-IF0004 patch to all systems where this agent is installed:
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FIBM+Tivoli+Monitoring&amp;fixids=8.1.3.0-IBM-IPM-RT-AGENT-IF0004&amp;source=SAR&amp;function=fixId&amp;parent=ibm/Tivoli

IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions (Response Time) | 7.4.0.1 | | 7.4.0.1-TIV-CAMRT-IF0029
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FTivoli+Composite+Application+Manager+for+Transactions&amp;fixids=7.4.0.1-TIV-CAMRT-IF0029&amp;source=SAR&amp;function=fixId&amp;parent=Tivoli Composite Application Manager
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions (Response Time) | 7.4.0.2 | | 7.4.0.2-TIV-CAMRT-IF0001
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FTivoli+Composite+Application+Manager+for+Transactions&amp;fixids=7.4.0.2-TIV-CAMRT-IF0001&amp;source=SAR&amp;function=fixId&amp;parent=Tivoli Composite Application Manager