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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/880593
880593

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-2018-3180
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit 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)

Affected Products and Versions

TPF Toolkit 4.2 and 4.6

Remediation/Fixes

Product

 VRMF APAR Remediation/First Fix
TPF Toolkit 4.2 JR60953
  1. Install the latest version of IBM Installation Manager.
  2. Apply Interim Fix 4.2.15 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 (Oct 2018 CPU)

IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin (Jan 2019 CPU)

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

29 Apr 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    13809
Product Record ID    124588 

Advisory ID   15330
Product Record ID   131313

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Document Information

Modified date:
29 April 2019

UID

ibm10880593

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