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Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Cognos Command Center (CVE-2018-3139, CVE-2018-3180, CVE-2018-12457, CVE-2019-2426)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/878336
878336

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 that is used by IBM Cognos Command Center. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates for October 2018 and January 2019.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-3139
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Embedded Networking component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151455 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:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-3180
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE JSSE component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause low confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and low availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151497 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:L/A:L)

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 the current score
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)

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)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cognos Command Center 10.2.4.1 (FP1)

IBM Cognos Command Center 10.2.4

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the applicable version of the IBM JRE 8.0.5.30 to  your version of IBM Cognos Command Center.

The fixes can be found here: 

IBM Cognos Command Center version 10.2.4.1. (FP1) (64-bit IBM JRE)

IBM Cognos Command Center version 10.2.4 (32-bit IBM JRE)
 

Please follow the instructions for your version of Cognos Command Center.


For IBM Cognos Command Center version 10.2.4.1. (FP1) (64-bit IBM JRE):
Step 1:
Download the 64 bit IBM Java JRE (file name: bm-java-jre-80-win-x86_64.zip, Size: 173.3 MB, Build: pwa64800sr5fp30-20190207_01(SR5 FP30)).
Step 2:
Stop the CccServer, CccQueue and CccAgent Microsoft Windows services.
Step 3:
Rename the <INSTALLDIR>\Common\java.8.0.0 directory to <INSTALLDIR>\Common\java.8.0.0.orig
Step 4:
Unpack the content of the ibm-java-sdk-80-win-x86_64.zip file to <INSTALLDIR>\Common\java.8.0.0
Step 5:
Start the CccAgent, CccQueue and CccServer Microsoft Windows services.
Step 6:
Validate the installation by testing the connectivity to the agent using the CCC Client.

For IBM Cognos Command Center version 10.2.4 (32-bit IBM JRE):

For Microsoft Windows servers where the Agent or the Server component is installed please follow this procedure:
Step 1:
Download the 32 bit IBM Java JRE (file name: ibm-java-jre-80-win-i386.zip, Size: 144.8bMB, Build: pwi3280sr5fp30-20190207_01(SR5 FP30)).
Step 2:
Stop the CccServer, CccQueue and CccAgent Microsoft Windows services.
Step 3:
Rename the <INSTALLDIR>\Common\java.8.0.0 directory to <INSTALLDIR>\Common\java.8.0.0.orig
Step 4:
Unpack the content of the ibm-java-jre-80-win-i386.zip file to <INSTALLDIR>\Common\java.8.0.0
Step 5:
Start the CccAgent, CccQueue and CccServer Microsoft Windows services.
Step 6:
Validate the installation by testing the connectivity to the agent using the CCC Client.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin (January 2019)

IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin (October 2018)

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

2 April 2019: 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 Product Record ID
13809 124832
15330 13154

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 April 2019

UID

ibm10878336

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