There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ used by the IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Server. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2018.
UPDATED 1/16/2019: Changed download link for 8.1.6.100 in Remediation/Fixes table for 8.1.
CVEID: CVE-2018-1656 DESCRIPTION: The IBM Java Runtime Environment’'s Diagnostic Tooling Framework for Java (DTFJ) does not protect against path traversal attacks when extracting compressed dump files.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144882> for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2018-12539 DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the failure to restrict the use of Java Attach API to connect to an Eclipse OpenJ9 or IBM JVM on the same machine and use Attach API operations to only the process owner. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute untrusted native code and gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148389> 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)
These vulnerabilities affect the following IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Server levels:
BM Spectrum Protect
Server Release | First Fixing
VRM Level | Platform | Link to Fix
—|—|—|—
8.1 | 8.1.6.100 | AIX
Linux
Windows | <ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/server>
7.1 | 7.1.9.100 | AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows | <ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/server>
None
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
ibm spectrum protect | eq | 8.1 | |
ibm spectrum protect | eq | 7.1 | |
tivoli storage manager | eq | 7.1 |