Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM®Runtime Environment Java™Version 8 used by IBM Spectrum LSF Suite and IBM Spectrum LSF Suite for HPA. IBM Spectrum LSF Suite and IBM Spectrum LSF Suite for HPA have addressed the applicable CVEs.
Vulnerability Details
If you run your own Java code using the IBM Java Runtime delivered with this product, you should evaluate your code to determine whether additional Java vulnerabilities are applicable to your code. For a complete list of vulnerabilities, see "IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin" in the References section for more information.
CVEID: CVE-2019-7317
DESCRIPTION: libpng is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after-free in png_image_free in png.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/156548 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
DESCRIPTION: libpng is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after-free in png_image_free in png.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/156548 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2019-2769
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Utilities component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163832 for 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:L)
CVEID: CVE-2019-2762
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Utilities component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163826 for 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:L)
CVEID: CVE-2019-2816
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Networking component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause low confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163878 for 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:N)
CVEID: CVE-2019-2786
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Security component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 3.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163849 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2019-2766
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: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163829 for 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-2019-11772
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds write in the String.getBytes method. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory and write to any 32-bit address or beyond the end of a byte array within Java code run under a SecurityManager.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163990 for 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-2019-11775
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error where the loop versioner fails to privatize a value that is pulled out of the loop by versioning. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory and trigger an out-of-array-bounds and perform invalid actions.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/164479 for 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-2019-4473
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 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 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
Spectrum LSF Suite 10.2, Spectrum LSF Suite for HPA 10.2
Remediation/Fixes
| Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
|
Spectrum LSF Suite
Spectrum LSF Suite for HPA
|
10.2 | None | 1. Download IBM JRE 8 (8.0-5.40) from: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral by keyword ‘Runtimes for Java Technology’. (The following steps use x86_64 as an example.) 2. Copy JRE package into the Explorer Server host and Explorer Node host(s). 3. On the Explorer Server host, stop webgui and explorer services. 4. On the Explorer Server host, extract new JRE files and replace old JRE files in the following directory: $PERF_TOP/../../../jre 5. On the Explorer Server host, start webgui and explorer services on demand. 6. On the Explorer Node host, stop plc service. 7. On the Explorer Node host, extract new JRE files and replace old JRE files in the following directory: $PERF_TOP/jre 8. On the Explorer Node host, start plc service. 9. Copy JRE package into the Application Center Server host. 10. On the Application Center Server host, stop webgui, pnc and plc services. 11. Extract new JRE files and replace old JRE files in the following directories $PERF_TOP/jre $PERF_TOP/../../../jre 12. On the Application Center Server host, start webgui, pnc and plc services on demand. 13. Copy JRE package into the PM server host. 14. Log on the PM server host as root, stop jfd. # jadmin stop 15. Extract new JRE files and replace old JRE files in the following directory: PERF_TOP/../ppm/10.2/{arch}/jre 16. On the PM server host, start jfd. # jadmin start |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
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Change History
Aug 8, 2019: Original version
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
30 August 2019
UID
ibm10966949