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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Installation Manager and IBM Packaging Utility

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 7 used by IBM Installation Manager and IBM Packaging Utility. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in April 2018.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-2814
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE VM component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141970 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2783
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Security component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause high confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141939 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:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Installation Manager and IBM Packaging Utility versions 1.8.9.0 and earlier.

Remediation/Fixes

Product

 VRMF APAR Remediation/First Fix
IBM Installation Manager and IBM Packaging Utility 1.8.x IJ06343 1.8.9.1 IBM Installation Manager Remediation
1.8.9.1 IBM Packaging Utility Remediation

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

26 July 2018: 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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Document Information

Modified date:
26 July 2018

UID

swg22016803

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