Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime Environment, Versions 7 and 8 that are used by Rational Publishing Engine. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in April 2019.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2019-2602
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a high availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159698 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2019-2697
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE 2D component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159789 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2019-2698
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE 2D component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159790 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the execution of a method past the end of bytecode array by the Java bytecode verifier. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/160010 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
Rational Publishing Engine 2.1.1
Rational Publishing Engine 2.1.2
Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.5
Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.6
Remediation/Fixes
For Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.5, 6.0.6 and 6.0.6.1, upgrade the IBM Java Runtime environment used with Rational Publishing Engine to version 8.0.5.35, which can be downloaded from: Rational-RPE-JavaSE-JRE-8.0SR5FP35
For Rational Publishing Engine 2.1.0, 2.1.1 and 2.1.2 versions, upgrade the IBM Java Runtime environment used with Rational Publishing Engine to version 7.1.4.45, which can be downloaded from: Rational-RPE-JavaSE-JRE-7.1SR4FP45
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Change History
05 July 2019: initial publication
*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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Internal Use Only
Document Location
Worldwide
Product Synonym
Rational Publishing Engine
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Document Information
Modified date:
05 July 2019
Initial Publish date:
05 July 2019
UID
ibm10958451