Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in the IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Versions 7 and 8 that are used by IBM InfoSphere Information Server. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2019.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-2786 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded Security component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 3.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See _<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163849&gt;_ for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2019-2816 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded Networking component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause low confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See _<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163878&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:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2019-2762 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded Utilities 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: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See _<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163826&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:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2019-2769 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded Utilities 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: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See _<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163832&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:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2019-4473 DESCRIPTION: Multiple binaries in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 7, 7R, and 8 on the AIX platform use insecure absolute RPATHs, which may facilitate code injection and privilege elevation by local users. IBM X-Force ID: 163984.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See _<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163984&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)

CVEID: CVE-2019-11771 DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the inclusion of unused RPATHS in AIX builds. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject code and gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See _<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163989&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)

Affected Products and Versions

The following products, running on all supported platforms, are affected:
IBM InfoSphere Information Server: versions 11.3, 11.5, and 11.7
IBM InfoSphere Information Server on Cloud: versions 11.5, and 11.7

Remediation/Fixes

Product

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VRMF

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APAR

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Remediation/First Fix

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InfoSphere Information Server, Information Server on Cloud

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11.7

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JR61417
JR62148

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--Follow instructions in the README
--If you have a Microservices tier, apply InfoSphere Information Server 11.7.1.0 Fix Pack 1

InfoSphere Information Server, Information Server on Cloud

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11.5

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JR61417

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--Follow instructions in the README

InfoSphere Information Server

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11.3

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JR61417

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--Follow instructions in the README

Workarounds and Mitigations

None