Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities identified in IBM® Java SDK affect WebSphere Service Registry and Repository and WebSphere Service Registry and Repository Studio (CVE-2018-1656 and CVE-2018-12539)

Summary

Vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 6 used by WebSphere Service Registry and Repository and WebSphere Service Registry and Repository Studio. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2018.

This issue is also addressed by WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment shipped with WebSphere Service Registry and Repository.

Vulnerability Details

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&gt; 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&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

WebSphere Service Registry and Repository and WebSphere Service Registry and Repository Studio V8.5 and V8.0 are affected.

Remediation/Fixes

For all releases of WebSphere Service Registry and Repository Studio, upgrade to WebSphere Service Registry and Repository Studio V8.5.6.1_IJ08628

For WebSphere Service Registry and Repository the issues are addressed by WebSphere Application Server.

Principal Product and Version(s)

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Affected Supporting Product and Version

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WebSphere Service Registry and Repository V8.5

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WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5

WebSphere Service Registry and Repository V8.0

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WebSphere Application Server V8.0

Refer to the following security bulletin for vulnerability details and information about fixes addressed by WebSphere Application Server shipped with WebSphere Service Registry and Repository:

Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM® Java SDK affect WebSphere Application Server July 2018 CPU

Workarounds and Mitigations

None