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-2017-1571 DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 131853.
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131853&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:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-1677 DESCRIPTION: IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ (IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1)deserializes the contents of /tmp/connlicj.bin which leads to object injection and potentially arbitrary code execution depending on the classpath. IBM X-Force ID: 133999.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/133999&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-2018-1448 DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 (includes DB2 Connect Server) contains a vulnerability that could allow a local user to overwrite arbitrary files owned by the DB2 instance owner. IBM X-Force ID: 140043.
CVSS Base Score: 7.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/140043&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:N/I:H/A:H)

Details of these vulnerabilities are published in the following security bulletins:
Security: IBM Db2 is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the GSKit library (CVE-2016-0705, CVE-2017-3732, CVE-2017-3736, CVE-2018-1428, CVE-2018-1427, CVE-2018-1426)
Security: IBM Db2 vulnerability allows local user to overwrite Db2 files (CVE-2018-1448)
Security: IBM Db2 performs unsafe deserialization in DB2 JDBC driver (CVE-2017-1677)
Security: Under specific circumstances IBM Db2 installation creates users with a weak password hashing algorithm (CVE-2017-1571).

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: IBM Db2 is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the GSKit library (CVE-2016-0705, CVE-2017-3732, CVE-2017-3736, CVE-2018-1428, CVE-2018-1427, CVE-2018-1426)

Security: IBM Db2 vulnerability allows local user to overwrite Db2 files (CVE-2018-1448)

Security: IBM Db2 performs unsafe deserialization in DB2 JDBC driver (CVE-2017-1677)

Security: Under specific circumstances IBM Db2 installation creates users with a weak password hashing algorithm (CVE-2017-1571)

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: IBM Db2 is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the GSKit library (CVE-2016-0705, CVE-2017-3732, CVE-2017-3736, CVE-2018-1428, CVE-2018-1427, CVE-2018-1426)

Security: IBM Db2 vulnerability allows local user to overwrite Db2 files (CVE-2018-1448)

Security: IBM Db2 performs unsafe deserialization in DB2 JDBC driver (CVE-2017-1677)

Security: Under specific circumstances IBM Db2 installation creates users with a weak password hashing algorithm (CVE-2017-1571)

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&product=ibm/Tivoli/IBM+Application+Performance+Management+Advanced&release=8.1.3.0&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None