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Security Bulletin: Java Vulnerability Impacts IBM Control Center (CVE-2019-4473 and CVE-2019-11771)

Created by Steve Vajda on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1087816
1087816

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7 and 8 that is used by IBM Control Center. This issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2019.

Vulnerability Details

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 Control Center 6.0.0.0 through 6.0.0.2 iFix07
IBM Control Center 6.1.0.0 through 6.1.0.2 iFix06
IBM Control Center 6.1.1.0 through 6.1.1.0 iFix06
IBM Control Center 6.1.2.0 through 6.1.2.0 iFIx04
IBM Control Center 6.1.2.1

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMF

iFix

APAR

Remediation / First Fix

IBM Control Center

6.0.0.2

iFix08

IT30548

Fix Central - 6.0.0.2

IBM Control Center

6.1.2.1

iFix01

IT30548

Fix Central - 6.1.2.1

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

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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 Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
24 July 2020

UID

ibm11087816

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