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Security Bulletin: IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights is vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities due to the use of IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition.

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Quarterly CPU includes all applicable Java SE CVEs published by Oracle as part of their Quarterly CPU. This IBM SDK, Java Technology EditionQuarterly Update also covers one additional OpenJ9 CVE: CVE-2021-41035. The relevant CVEs ( CVE-2021-35560, CVE-2021-35586, CVE-2021-35578, CVE-2021-35564, CVE-2021-35559, CVE-2021-35556, CVE-2021-35565, CVE-2021-35588, CVE-2021-41035 ) in IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition affect IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights 1.3.6 or earlier.

Vulnerability Details

Refer to the security bulletin(s) listed in the Remediation/Fixes section

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights1.3.3
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights1.3.5
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights1.3.6

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Remediation/Fixes
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights1.3.3See Workaround A
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights1.3.5See Workaround A
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights1.3.6See Workaround B
 

Workarounds and Mitigations

Installation Instructions – Workaround A
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As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI component, e.g. scadmin

1. Download the latest 1.3.6 iFix from FixCentral and apply an upgrade of the UI component only, so that the UI becomes a 1.3.6 UI.
2. Continue with workaround B

Remove Update Instructions – Workaround A
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As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI component, e.g. scadmin
1. rollback the iFix that was applied, by executing './patch_PI_UI_136_iFix3.sh -rollback'. 

 

Installation Instructions – Workaround B
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To benefit from latest fixes and 3rd party libraries upgrade to latest 1.3.6 iFix

As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI component, e.g. scadmin
1. Download ibm-java-sdk-8.0-7.0-linux-x86_64.tgz(157.53 MB) file from Fix Central - IBM SDK, Java(TM) Technology Edition, Version 8.0.7.0 for Linux 64-bit on Intel/ AMD, packaged as ibm-java-sdk-8.0-.7.0-linux-x86_64.tgz for WebSphere Liberty using archives. 
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, copy ibm-java-sdk-8.0-7.0-linux-x86_64.tgz into the <UI_HOME> folder. Then, if necessary, change the ownership of the new ibm-java-sdk-8.0-7.0-linux-x86_64.tgz SDK file.
e.g. chown scadmin:scadmin /opt/IBM/scanalytics/UI/ibm-java-sdk-8.0-7.0-linux-x86_64.tgz
6. Uncompress and untar the file. E.g. tar -xzvf ibm-java-sdk-8.0-7.0-linux-x86_64.tgz
This will create a new ibm-java-x86_64-80 in <UI_HOME>
7. As the user that installed the Predictive Insights UI, start the UI server
<UI_HOME>/bin/pi.sh -start

Remove Update Instructions – Workaround B
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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-8.0-6.26.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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Change History

24 Feb 2022: 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:
04 March 2022

Initial Publish date:
24 February 2022

UID

ibm16561337