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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime affect TPF Toolkit

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/735559
735559

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition and IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ used by TPF Toolkit. TPF Toolkit has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

If you run your own Java code using the IBM Java Runtime delivered with this product, evaluate your code to determine whether the complete list of vulnerabilities are 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.

CVEID: CVE-2018-1656
DESCRIPTION: The IBM Java Runtime Environment''s Diagnostic Tooling Framework for Java (DTFJ) does not protect against path traversal attacks when extracting compressed dump files.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144882 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N)

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

TPF Toolkit 4.2 and 4.6

Remediation/Fixes

Product

 VRMF APAR Remediation/First Fix
TPF Toolkit 4.2 JR60161
  1. Install the latest version of IBM Installation Manager.
  2. Apply Interim Fix 4.2.14 by using IBM Installation Manager.
  3. Update the Java installation on your z/OS or Linux on z Systems (or both) systems that the TPF Toolkit connects to. Download the latest version of Java from http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/
TPF Toolkit 4.6 None

Apply the appropriate fix from Fix Central for your platform:

 

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

IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

30 Oct 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.

Disclaimer

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Internal Use Only

Advisory ID    12959
Product Record ID    119882

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 October 2018

UID

ibm10735559

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