Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Versions 6, 8 and
IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, Versions 6, 8 used by IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager.
These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2018.
Vulnerability Details
If you run your own Java code using the IBM Java Runtime delivered with this product, you should evaluate your code to determine whether the complete list of vulnerabilities are applicable to your code. For a complete list of vulnerabilities please refer to the link for “IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin" located in the “References” section for more information.
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-2018-2952
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit Concurrency 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: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/146815
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID:
CVE-2018-2940
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/146803
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/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)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 6.4.1.x and 6.4.2.x
Remediation/Fixes
Product |
VRMF | Remediation/First Fix |
ITNCM | 6.4.2 | 6.4.2-TIV-ITNCM-FP007 : https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FTivoli+Netcool+Configuration+Manager&fixids=6.4.2-TIV-ITNCM-FP007&source=SAR&function=fixId&parent=ibm/Tivoli |
ITNCM | 6.4.1 | 6.4.1.4-TIV-ITNCM-IF009 : https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FTivoli+Netcool+Configuration+Manager&fixids=6.4.1.4-TIV-ITNCM-IF009&source=SAR&function=fixId&parent=ibm/Tivoli |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
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References
Change History
23 January 2019: Initial version published.
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Information
Modified date:
28 June 2023
UID
ibm10741921