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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Java SDK affects IBM WebSphere Application Server for IBM Cloud Private VM Quickstarter January 2019 CPU

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https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/876362
876362

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabiltities in the IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition that is shipped with IBM WebSphere Application Server. These issues were disclosed in the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2019. These may affect some configurations of IBM WebSphere Application Server for IBM Cloud Private VM Quickstarter.

Vulnerability Details

For information on the IBM Java SDK that is now bundled with WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.5 refer to the Knowledge Center link in the References section.

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 are applicable to your code. For a complete list of vulnerabilities please refer to the link for “IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin" located in the References section for more information.

CVEID:  CVE-2019-2426 
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Networking component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See  https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155744  for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-12547 
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the jio_snprintf() and jio_vsnprintf() functions. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/157512 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SDK, Java Technology Editions shipped with WebSphere Application Server Liberty through 18.0.0.4.

This vulnerability affects the following versions and releases of IBM WebSphere Application Server for IBM Cloud Private VM Quickstarter

  • 2.0

Remediation/Fixes

For details on the vulnerabilities refer to the security bulletin listed below:

To obtain these changes for your installation, upgrade IBM WebSphere Application Server for IBM Cloud Private VM Quickstarter to version 3.0 or higher. The service procedure can be found here:

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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

Change History

30 April 2019 - Original document 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 April 2019

UID

ibm10876362

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