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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect CICS Transaction Gateway

Created by Nageswararao G… on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/571689
571689

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Versions 7.0, 7.1 and 8.0 used by CICS Transaction Gateway. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 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-2018-2579
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137833 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2678
DESCRIPTION:  An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE JNDI 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: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137933 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2602
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE I18n component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause low confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and low availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137854 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2603
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Libraries 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: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137855 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2657
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE, Serialization 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: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137910 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2641
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE AWT component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137893 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2582
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE VM component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137836 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2637
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE JMX component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause high confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137889 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2633
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE JNDI component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137885 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2638
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Deployment component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137890 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2639
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Deployment component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137891 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1417
DESCRIPTION: Under certain circumstances, a flaw in the J9 JVM allows untrusted code running under a security manager to elevate its privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/138823 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

CICS Transaction Gateway v8.0.0.0 – 8.0.0.6
CICS Transaction Gateway v8.1.0.0 – 8.1.0.5
CICS Transaction Gateway v9.0.0.0 – 9.0.0.4
CICS Transaction Gateway v9.1.0.0 – 9.1.0.3
CICS Transaction Gateway v9.2.0.0 – 9.2.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade the JRE used by CICS TG Java client applications and/or the CICS TG Gateway daemon. Updated JREs which can used with CICS TG Java client applications and the Gateway daemon are made available on Fix Central.

Product
VRMF
APAR
Remediation / First Fix
CICS Transaction Gateway for Multiplatforms9.2.0.0
9.2.0.1
9.2.0.2		 Updated JRE's have been made available on Fix Central as Fix packs.
AIX: 8.0.5-CICSTG-AIXpSeries32-JRE-SR10 
HP-UX: 8.0.5-CICSTG-HPUXIA32-JRE-SR10 
xLinux: 8.0.5-CICSTG-Linuxx8632-JRE-SR10 
pLinux: 8.0.5-CICSTG-LinuxpSeries32-JRE-SR10 
zLinux: 8.0.5-CICSTG-LinuxzSeries31-JRE-SR10 
Windows:8.0.5-CICSTG-Windowsx8632-JRE-SR10 
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/identifyFixes?query.parent=ibm~Other%20software&query.product=ibm~WebSphere~CICS%20Transaction%20Gateway%20for%20Multiplatforms&query.release=9.2.0&query.platform=All
CICS Transaction Gateway for Multiplatforms9.1.0.0
9.1.0.1
9.1.0.2
9.1.0.3		 Updated JRE's have been made available on Fix Central as Fix packs.
Solaris: 7.0.10-CICSTG-SolarisSPARC32-JRE-SR20 
AIX: 7.1.4-CICSTG-AIXpSeries32-JRE-SR20 
xLinux: 7.1.4-CICSTG-Linuxx8632-JRE-SR20 
pLinux: 7.1.4-CICSTG-LinuxpSeries32-JRE-SR20 
zLinux: 7.1.4-CICSTG-LinuxzSeries31-JRE-SR20 
Windows: 7.1.4-CICSTG-Windowsx8632-JRE-SR20 
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/identifyFixes?query.parent=ibm~Other%20software&query.product=ibm~WebSphere~CICS%20Transaction%20Gateway%20for%20Multiplatforms&query.release=9.1.0&query.platform=All
CICS Transaction Gateway for Multiplatforms9.0.0.0
9.0.0.1
9.0.0.2
9.0.0.3
9.0.0.4
8.1.0.0
8.1.0.1
8.1.0.2
8.1.0.3
8.1.0.4
8.1.0.5
8.0.0.0
8.0.0.1
8.0.0.2
8.0.0.3
8.0.0.4
8.0.0.5
8.0.0.6		 Updated JRE's have been made available on Fix Central as Fix packs.
Solaris: 7.0.10-CICSTG-SolarisSPARC32-JRE-SR20 
AIX: 7.0.10-CICSTG-AIXpSeries32-JRE-SR20 
xLinux: 7.0.10-CICSTG-Linuxx8632-JRE-SR20 
pLinux: 7.0.10-CICSTG-LinuxpSeries32-JRE-SR20 
zLinux: 7.0.10-CICSTG-LinuxzSeries31-JRE-SR20 
Windows: 7.0.10-CICSTG-Windowsx8632-JRE-SR20 		https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/identifyFixes?query.parent=ibm~Other%20software&query.product=ibm~WebSphere~CICS%20Transaction%20Gateway%20for%20Multiplatforms&query.release=9.0.0&query.platform=All

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

06 June 2018 Original 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.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg22016867

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