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Security Bulletin: CVE-2019-2949 may affect IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition used in Liberty for Java

Security Bulletin


Summary

CVE-2019-2949 was disclosed in the Oracle October 2019 Critical Patch Update

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-2949
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Kerberos component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/169254 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
Liberty for Java3.44

Remediation/Fixes

To upgrade to Liberty for Java 3.45-20200601-1056 or higher, you must re-stage or re-push your application

To find the current version of Liberty for Java in IBM Cloud being used, from the command-line Cloud Foundry client by running the following commands:

cf ssh <appname> -c cat "staging_info.yml"

Look for the following lines:

{"detected_buildpack":"Liberty for Java(TM) (WAR, liberty-19.0.0_9, buildpack-v3.44-20200430-1451, ibmjdk-1.8.0_sr5fp41-20190919, env)","start_command":".liberty/initial_startup.rb"}

To re-stage your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:

cf restage <appname>

To re-push your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:

cf push <appname>

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

05 Jun 2020: Initial Publication

*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:
07 October 2022

Initial Publish date:
05 June 2020

UID

ibm16220572