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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects IBM Spectrum Scale

Created by Prayas Gupta on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/735169
735169

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition, Version 8 used by IBM Spectrum Scale. This issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in Jul 2018.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-12539
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the failure to restrict the use of Java Attach API to connect to an Eclipse OpenJ9 or IBM JVM on the same machine and use Attach API operations to only the process owner. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute untrusted native code and gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148389 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 thru V5.0.2.0

IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 thru V4.2.3.10

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 thru 5.0.2.0, apply V5.0.2.1 available from FixCentral at:

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=5.0.2&platform=All&function=all

For IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 thru V4.2.3.10, apply V4.2.3.11 available from FixCentral at:

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=4.2.3&platform=All&function=all

If you cannot apply the latest level of service, contact IBM Service for an efix

- For IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0-5.0.2.0, reference APAR IJ09551
- For IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0-4.2.3.10, reference APAR IJ09542

To contact IBM Service, see http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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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

*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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Internal Use Only

PR - 120041 and Advisory id - 12959

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 October 2018

UID

ibm10735169

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