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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Internet Pass-Thru is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime

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Summary

IBM MQ Internet Pass-Thru has addressed the following vulnerabilities in IBM Runtime Environment Java Version 7.0.10.50. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2019.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-4473
DESCRIPTION:   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.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163984 for the current score.
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:   AIX builds of Eclipse OpenJ9 before 0.15.0 contain unused 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/163989 for the current score.
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

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
IBM WebSphere Internet Pass-Thru 2.1

Remediation/Fixes

These vulnerabilities are fixed in IBM Java Version 7.0 Service Refresh 10 Fix Pack 50 for AIX. A JRE update to this level of Java for MQIPT 2.1.0.4 is available to download from the MS81: IBM MQ Internet Pass-Thru SupportPac page, via the Download package link. The JRE update files are named ms81_jre_platform_70sr10fp50, where platform is the operating system and architecture where MQIPT is running.

Workarounds and Mitigations

These vulnerabilities are fixed in IBM Java Version 7.0 Service Refresh 10 Fix Pack 50 for AIX.
A JRE update to this level of Java for MQIPT 2.1.0.4 is available to download from the MS81: IBM MQ Internet Pass-Thru SupportPac page, via the Download package link.
The JRE update file is named ms81_jre_aix_ppc_70sr10fp50.

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References

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

04 Nov 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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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
20 December 2019

Initial Publish date:
04 November 2019

UID

ibm11102803

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