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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Platform Symphony and IBM Spectrum Symphony

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718381

Security Bulletin


Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ versions, specifically Version 6 Service Refresh 16 Fix Pack 60 and earlier releases used by IBM Platform Symphony 6.1.1, Version 7 Service Refresh 10 Fix Pack 20 and earlier releases used by IBM Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1, Version 8 Service Refresh 5 Fix Pack 10 and earlier releases used by IBM Platform Symphony 7.1.1 and IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2 and 7.2.0.2. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in April 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 is applicable to your code. For a complete list of vulnerabilities, refer to the link for “IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin" located in the “References” section for more information.

CVEID: CVE-2018-2814
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE VM 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/141970 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-2018-2794
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Security component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141950 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2783
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Security 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/141939 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-2018-2799
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE 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: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141955 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-2018-2798
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE AWT 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/141954 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-2018-2797
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE JMX 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/141953 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-2018-2796
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Concurrency 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/141952 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-2018-2795
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Security 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/141951 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-2018-2800
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE RMI component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause low confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141956 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2790
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Security component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141946 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Platform Symphony 6.1.1
IBM Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1
IBM Platform Symphony 7.1.1
IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2
IBM Spectrum Symphony  7.2.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

Applicability

  • Operating systems: Linux x64

  • Cluster type: Single grid cluster

Prequisite

To install or uninstall the .rpm packages for IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2 and 7.2.0.2, you must have root permission and RPM version 4.2.1 or later must be installed on the host.

Before installation

  1. Log on to the primary management host as the cluster administrator.
  2. Disable your applications, stop services, and shut down the cluster:
    > source profile.platform
    > soamcontrol app disable all
    > egosh service stop all
    > egosh ego shutdown all
  3. For Platform Symphony 6.1.1, 7.1 Fix Pack 1, and 7.1.1, back up the JRE folder (under $EGO_TOP/jre/<EGO_version>/linux-x86_64/) on all hosts. For example, in a Platform Symphony 7.1.1 cluster, back up the JRE folder at $EGO_TOP/jre/3.3/linux-x86_64/.
  4. For IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2 and 7.2.0.2, uninstall the existing JRE.
    1. Query the existing JRE package and uninstall it from the dbpath location, for example:
      > rpm -qa --dbpath /tmp/rpm | grep egojre
      egojre-1.8.0.3-408454.x86_64
      > rpm -e egojre-1.8.0.3-408454.x86_64 --dbpath /tmp/rpm --nodeps
    2. For IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.0.2, remove the leftover link under the jre folder, for example:
      > rm -rf $EGO_TOP/jre/8.0.5.0

Install this interim fix

  1. Log on to each host as the cluster administrator and replace your current JRE folder with the files in this interim fix.
    For Platform Symphony 6.1.1, 7.1 Fix Pack 1 and 7.1.1, remove the files in the existing JRE folder and extract the interim package to the JRE folder on all hosts.
    For example, in a Platform Symphony 7.1.1 cluster, enter the following commands:
    > rm -rf $EGO_TOP/jre/3.3/linux-x86_64/*
    > tar zxfo symSetup_jre8sr5fp17_linux-64_build497456.tar.gz -C $EGO_TOP/jre/3.3/linux-x86_64
    For IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2 and 7.2.0.2, use the same dbpath and prefix as the installation, for example:
    > rpm –ivh --dbpath /tmp/rpm --prefix /opt/platform egojre-1.8.0.517.x86_64.rpm
  2. Delete all subdirectories and files in the GUI work directory:
    > rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/work/*
    > rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/workarea/*
    NOTE: If you configured the WLP_OUTPUT_DIR parameter and APPEND_HOSTNAME_TO_WLP_OUTPUT_DIR is set to true in the $EGO_CONFDIR/conf/wlp.conf file, you must clean up the $WLP_OUTPUT_DIR/webgui_hostname/gui/workarea/ directory.
  3. Launch your browser and clear the browser cache.
  4. Log on to the primary management host as the cluster administrator, start the cluster, and enable your applications:
    > source profile.platform
    > egosh ego start all
    > soamcontrol app enable <appName>

Verify the installation

For Platform Symphony 6.1.1, the following example shows output for the java -version command:
> java -version
  java version "1.6.0"
  Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pxa6460sr16fp65-20180505_01(SR16 FP65))
  IBM J9 VM (build 2.4, JRE 1.6.0 IBM J9 2.4 Linux amd64-64 jvmxa6460sr16fp65-20180411_383947 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
  J9VM - 20180411_383947
  JIT  - r9_20180411_383947
  GC   - GA24_Java6_SR16_20180411_1747_B383947)
  JCL  - 20180504_01

For Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1, the following example shows output for the java -version command:
> java -version
  java version "1.7.0"
  Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pxa6470sr10fp25-20180430_01(SR10 FP25))
  IBM J9 VM (build 2.6, JRE 1.7.0 Linux amd64-64 Compressed References 20180420_384915 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
  J9VM - R26_Java726_SR10_20180420_1715_B384915
  JIT  - r11_20180420_384915
  GC   - R26_Java726_SR10_20180420_1715_B384915_CMPRSS
  J9CL - 20010803_384915)
  JCL - 20180427_01 based on Oracle jdk7u181-b09

For Platform Symphony 7.1.1, the following example shows output for the java -version command:
> java -version
  java version "1.8.0_171"
  Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 8.0.5.17 - pxa6480sr5fp17-20180627_01(SR5 FP17))
  IBM J9 VM (build 2.9, JRE 1.8.0 Linux amd64-64-Bit Compressed References 20180626_390413 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
  OpenJ9   - 5cdc604
  OMR      - a24bc01
  IBM      - 21870d6)
  JCL - 20180619_01 based on Oracle jdk8u171-b11

For IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2, the following example shows output for the rpm -qa command:
> rpm -qa --dbpath /tmp/rpm |grep egojre
egojre-1.8.0.517-497456.x86_64

For IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.0.2, the following example shows output for the rpm -qa command:
> rpm -qa --dbpath /tmp/rpm |grep egojre
egojre-8.0.5.17-497456.x86_64

Uninstallation

If required, follow these instructions to uninstall this interim fix in your cluster:

  1. Log on to the primary management host as the cluster administrator.
  2. Disable your applications, stop services, and shut down the cluster:
    > source profile.platform
    > soamcontrol app disable all
    > egosh service stop all
    > egosh ego shutdown all
  3. Log on to all hosts as the cluster administrator and restore the JRE folder from your backup.
    For Platform Symphony 6.1.1, 7.1 Fix Pack 1 and 7.1.1, restore your backup to the $EGO_TOP/jre/<EGO_version>/linux-x86_64/ folder. For example, in a Platform Symphony 7.1.1 cluster, restore your backup to the $EGO_TOP/jre/3.3/linux-x86_64/ folder.

    For IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2 and 7.2.0.2, uninstall the existing JRE, then install the old one:
    1. Uninstall the JRE fix, for example:
      > rpm -e egojre-1.8.0.517-497456.x86_64 --dbpath /tmp/rpm/ --nodeps
    2. For IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.0.2, remove the leftover link under the jre folder, for example:
      > rm -rf $EGO_TOP/jre/8.0.5.17
    3. Extract the egojre .rpm package from the .bin installation package, for example, for IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2:
      > sym-7.1.2.0_x86_64.bin --extract /opt/extract
    4. Reinstall the old JRE package. Use the same dbpath and prefix as the installation, for example:
      > rpm -ivh --dbpath /tmp/rpm --prefix /opt/extract/egojre-1.8.0.3.x86_64.rpm
  4. Delete all subdirectories and files in the GUI work directory:
    > rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/work/*
    > rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/workarea/*
    NOTE: If you configured the WLP_OUTPUT_DIR parameter and APPEND_HOSTNAME_TO_WLP_OUTPUT_DIR is set to true in the $EGO_CONFDIR/conf/wlp.conf file, you must clean up the $WLP_OUTPUT_DIR/webgui_hostname/gui/workarea/ directory.
  5. Launch your browser and clear the browser cache.
  6. Log on to the primary management host as the cluster administrator, start the cluster, and enable your applications:
    > source profile.platform
    > egosh ego start all
    > soamcontrol app enable <appName>

Packages

Product VRMF APAR Remediation/First Fix
IBM Platform Symphony 6.1.1 P102655

symSetup_jre6sr16fp65_linux-64_build497456.tar.gz

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Other+software/Platform+Symphony&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=sym-6.1.1-build497456&includeSupersedes=0
IBM Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1 P102655

symSetup_jre7sr10fp25_linux-64_build497456.tar.gz

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Other+software/Platform+Symphony&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=sym-7.1-build497456&includeSupersedes=0
IBM Platform Symphony 7.1.1 P102655

symSetup_jre8sr5fp17_linux-64_build497456.tar.gz

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Other+software/Platform+Symphony&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=sym-7.1.1-build497456&includeSupersedes=0
IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2 P102655

egojre-1.8.0.517.x86_64.rpm

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+Spectrum+Symphony&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=sym-7.1.2-build497456&includeSupersedes=0
IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.0.2 P102655

egojre-8.0.5.17.x86_64.rpm

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+Spectrum+Symphony&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=sym-7.2.0.2-build497456&includeSupersedes=0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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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

22 July 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.

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 August 2021

UID

ibm10718381

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