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Security Bulletin: Eclipse OpenJ9 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system and Multiple binaries in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition on the AIX platform use insecure absolute RPATHs CVE-2019-4473 and CVE-2019-11771

Created by Tian Qi Geng on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/966843
966843

Security Bulletin


Summary

Multiple binaries in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 7, 7R, and 8 on the AIX platform use insecure absolute RPATHs, which may facilitate code injection and privilege elevation by local users. IBM X-Force ID: 163984.
Eclipse OpenJ9 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the inclusion of unused RPATHS in AIX builds. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject code and gain elevated privileges on the system.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-4473
DESCRIPTION: Multiple binaries in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition on the AIX platform use insecure absolute RPATHs, which may facilitate code injection and privilege elevation by local users.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163984 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-2019-11771
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the inclusion of unused RPATHS in AIX builds. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject code and gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163989 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)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Java 7,7R1,8
IBM and Eclipse Foundation OpenJ9 0.11,0.12,0.13,0.14

Remediation/Fixes

You must replace the IBM® Runtime Environment, Java™ Technology Edition that is installed with IBM InfoSphere Optim Performance Manager for DB2 on Linux, UNIX, and Windows with the latest IBM® Runtime Environment, Java™ Technology Edition. Detailed instructions are provided in the tech-note:  “Updating the IBM Runtime Environment, Java™ Technology Edition for InfoSphere Optim Performance Manager”

Workarounds and Mitigations

N/A

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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

*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 Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
08 July 2021

UID

ibm10966843

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