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Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software

Created by Robert Peterssen on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/3013353
3013353

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 that are used by IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2019.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-2981
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JAXP 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/169287 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2019-2973
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JAXP 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/169279 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2019-2989
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause con confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/169295 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational Application Developer 9.5 - 9.5.0.5

Rational Application Developer  9.6 - 9.6.1.4

Rational Application Developer 9.7 - 9.7.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

Update the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition of the product to address this vulnerability:

Product

 VRMF APAR Remediation/First Fix
Rational Application Developer 9.5 through 9.7
PH21821

Workarounds and Mitigations

No known workarounds.

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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

Change History

19 February 2020: Original document 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 April 2020

UID

ibm13013353

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