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Security Bulletin: CVE-2020-2601 (deferred from Oracle Jan 2020 CPU)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Steps to update JRE - IBM DataQuant

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-2601
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded Security component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174548 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)
DataQuant for z/OS2.1

Remediation/Fixes

Please see "Workarounds"

Workarounds and Mitigations

Steps to update JRE - DataQuant: 

  1. Close DataQuant.
  2. Download JRE (ibm-java-jre-80-win-i386) and extract the files to a temporary location.
  3. Replace jre folder at the install directory location –> “C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\IBM DataQuant\DataQuant for Workstation”. Replace with contents in step # 2.
  4. Download eclipse oxygen from https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/oxygen/3a/eclipse-jee-oxygen-3a-win32-x86_64.zip
  5. Extract the eclipse oxygen and copy the plugin - org.apache.jasper.glassfish_2.2.2.v201501141630.jar from eclipse-jee-oxygen-3a-win32-x86_64\eclipse\plugins
  6. Copy org.apache.jasper.glassfish_2.2.2.v201501141630.jar  in the folder where DataQuant is installed - C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\IBM DataQuant\DataQuant for Workstation\plugins
  7. Delete the older plugin org.apache.jasper.glassfish_2.2.2.v201205150955.jar from the DataQuant install directory

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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

21 Sep 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
12 February 2021

UID

ibm16335323

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