Security Bulletin
Summary
DB2 contains several vulnerabilities which can affect the IBM Performance Management product. Some of the information about security vulnerabilities affecting DB2 has been published in security bulletins.
Vulnerability Details
Relevant CVE Information:
CVEID: CVE-2018-1711
DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) could allow a local user to to gain privileges due to allowing modificaiton of columns of existing tasks.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/146369 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)
CVEID: CVE-2018-1685
DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) contains a vulnerability in db2cacpy that could allow a local user to read any file on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145502 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:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2018-1710
DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) tool db2licm is affected by buffer overflow vulnerability that can potentially result in arbitrary code execution.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/146364 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)
Details of these vulnerabilities can be found in the following security bulletins:
Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation vulnerability affects IBM Db2 Administrative Task Scheduler (CVE-2018-1711)
Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation in IBM Db2 tool db2cacpy (CVE-2018-1685)
Security Bulletin: Buffer overflow in IBM Db2 tool db2licm (CVE-2018-1710)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Monitoring 8.1.3
IBM Application Diagnostics 8.1.3
IBM Application Performance Management 8.1.3
IBM Application Performance Management Advanced 8.1.3
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Base Private 8.1.4
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Advanced Private 8.1.4
Remediation/Fixes
| Product | Product VRMF | Remediation |
|---|---|---|
|
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management Base Private IBM Cloud Application Performance Management Advanced Private |
8.1.4 |
The vulnerabilities can be remediated by first applying the necessary fixes to your DB2 V10.5, or V11.1 server. The fixes can be accessed from the following security bulletins: Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation vulnerability affects IBM Db2 Administrative Task Scheduler (CVE-2018-1711) To use your updated DB2 V10.5, or V11.1 server with your IBM Cloud Application Performance Management product, apply the 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-SERVER-IF0004 or later server patch to the system where the Cloud APM server is installed. Interim fixes for the Cloud APM server version 8.1.4 are available to download from IBM Fix Central at this link: |
|
IBM Monitoring IBM Application Diagnostics IBM Application Performance Management IBM Application Performance Management Advanced |
8.1.3 |
The vulnerabilities can be remediated by first applying the necessary fixes to your DB2 V10.5 server. The fixes can be accessed from the following security bulletins: Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation vulnerability affects IBM Db2 Administrative Task Scheduler (CVE-2018-1711) To use your updated DB2 V10.5 server with your IBM Cloud Application Performance Management product, apply the 8.1.3.0-IBM-IPM-SERVER-IF0011 or later server patch to the system where the APM server is installed. Interim fixes for the APM server version 8.1.3 are available to download from IBM Fix Central at this link: https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%20Performance%20Management%20family&product=ibm/Tivoli/IBM+Application+Performance+Management+Advanced&release=8.1.3.0&platform=All&function=all |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
Originally published 6 December 2018
*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:
05 December 2018
UID
ibm10744017