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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM SPSS Modeler (CVE-2019-4473,CVE-2019-11771)

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version JRE7SR10FP10, JRE8SR4FP10 and JRE8SR5FP25 used by IBM SPSS Modeler on AIX 64-bit pSeries platform. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2019.

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-2019-4473
DESCRIPTION: Multiple binaries in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition on the AIX platform use insecure absolute RPATHs, which may facilitate code injection and privilege elevation by local users.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163984 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 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 SPSS Modeler 17.0.0.1 and earlier
IBM SPSS Modeler 17.1.0.0
IBM SPSS Modeler 18.0.0.2 and earlier
IBM SPSS Modeler 18.1.0.0 
IBM SPSS Modeler 18.2.0.0 
IBM SPSS Modeler 18.2.1.1 and earlier.

Remediation/Fixes

Product

 VRMF APAR Remediation/First Fix
IBM SPSS Modeler 17.0.0.1  PH17498 17.0.0.1
IBM SPSS Modeler 17.1.0.0  PH17498 17.1.0.0
IBM SPSS Modeler 18.0.0.2  PH17498 18.0.0.2
IBM SPSS Modeler 18.1.0.0  PH17498 18.1.0.0
IBM SPSS Modeler 18.2.0.0  PH17498 18.2.0.0
IBM SPSS Modeler 18.2.1.1  PH17498 18.2.1.1

You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues in your environment.

Workarounds and Mitigations

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

*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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 April 2020

UID

ibm11072248

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