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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights

Created by Mark Allegakoen on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/300997
300997

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7 Service Refresh 10 Fix Pack 1 that is used by IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights 1.3.5 and earlier.
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 Service Refresh 4 Fix Pack 1 that is used by IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights 1.3.6.

These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2017.

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-2017-10356
DESCRIPTION:
An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Security component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/133785 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:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights v1.3.6 and earlier

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insightsv1.3.0,
v1.3.1,
v1.3.2
NoneUpgrade to 1.3.6
and see workaround B
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insightsv1.3.5,
v1.3.3
NoneSee workaround A
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insightsv1.3.6NoneSee workaround B

Workarounds and Mitigations

Installation Instructions – work around A
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As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI component, e.g. scadmin
1. Download LinuxX86_64_SDK_7.0.10.15 from Fix Central
2. As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI, stop the UI server used by IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights
<UI_HOME>/bin/pi.sh -stop
where UI_HOME is typically /opt/IBM/scanalytics/UI
3. cd <UI_HOME>
4. Rename JAVA SDK installation folder
mv ibm-java-x86_64-70 ibm-java-x86_64-70_orig
5. As the root user, or a user with sudo access, run the ibm-java-x86_64-sdk-7.0-10.15.bin to install the SDK into the <UI_HOME> folder.
When prompted for “Where would you like to install?”, supply the full path <UI_HOME>/ibm-java-x86_64-70
This will create a new ibm-java-x86_64-70 folder in <UI_HOME>
6. If necessary, change the ownership of the newly installed SDK
e.g. chown –R scadmin:scadmin /opt/IBM/scanalytics/UI/ibm-java*
7. As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI, start UI server
<UI_HOME>/bin/pi.sh -start

Remove Update Instructions – work around A
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As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI component, e.g. scadmin
1. As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI, stop the UI server used by IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights
<UI_HOME>/bin/pi.sh -stop
2. As the root user, or a user with sudo access, run the ibm-java-x86_64-sdk-7.0-10.15.bin and follow the prompts to uninstall the Java that was installed to <UI_HOME>
3. As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI, replace the JAVA SDK installation folder with the original
mv ibm-java-x86_64-70_orig ibm-java-x86_64-70
4. As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI, start UI server
<UI_HOME>/bin/pi.sh -start


Installation Instructions – work around B
--------------------------------------------------------
As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI component, e.g. scadmin
1. Download LinuxX86_64_SDK_8.0.5.6 from Fix Central
2. As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI, stop the UI server used by IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights
<UI_HOME>/bin/pi.sh -stop
where UI_HOME is typically /opt/IBM/scanalytics/UI
3. cd <UI_HOME>
4. Rename JAVA SDK installation folder
mv ibm-java-x86_64-80 ibm-java-x86_64-80_orig
5. As the root user, or a user with sudo access, run the ibm-java-x86_64-sdk-8.0-5.5.bin to install the SDK into the <UI_HOME> folder.
When prompted for “Where would you like to install?”, supply the full path <UI_HOME>/ibm-java-x86_64-80
This will create a new ibm-java-x86_64-80 folder in <UI_HOME>
6. If necessary, change the ownership of the newly installed SDK
e.g. chown –R scadmin:scadmin /opt/IBM/scanalytics/UI/ibm-java*
7. As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI, start the UI server
<UI_HOME>/bin/pi.sh -start

Remove Update Instructions – work around B
----------------------------------------------------------------
As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI component, e.g. scadmin
1. As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI, stop the UI server used by IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights
<UI_HOME>/bin/pi.sh -stop
2. As the root user, or a user with sudo access, run the ibm-java-x86_64-sdk-8.0-5.6.bin and follow the prompts to uninstall the Java that was installed to <UI_HOME>
3. As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI, replace the JAVA SDK installation folder with the original
mv ibm-java-x86_64-80_orig ibm-java-x86_64-80
4. As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI, start UI server
<UI_HOME>/bin/pi.sh -start

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References

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*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:
17 June 2018

UID

swg22011412