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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Spectrum LSF Analytics

Created by Jian Jin on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/738619
738619

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 7 used by IBM Spectrum LSF Analytics. IBM Spectrum LSF Analytics has 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, refer to the "IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin", located in the References section for more information.

CVEID: CVE-2018-3183
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Scripting component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 9
CVSS Temporal Score: See 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151500 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-3169
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/151486 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-2018-3149
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE JNDI 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/151465 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-2018-3180
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE JSSE component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause low confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and low availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151497 for the 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:L)

CVEID: CVE-2018-3214
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Sound 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/151530 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:L)

CVEID: CVE-2018-13785
DESCRIPTION: libpng is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a wrong calculation of row_factor in the png_check_chunk_length function in pngrutil.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/146015 for the 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:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-3136
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Security component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 3.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151452 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-3139
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/151455 for the 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Spectrum LSF Analytics 9.1.4

Remediation/Fixes

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VRMF

APAR

Remediation/First Fix

Spectrum LSF Analytics

9.1.4

None

  1. Download IBM JRE 7 from the following location: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral. (The followings steps are using x86_64 as an example.)
  2. Copy JRE package into the Analytics Server host and Analytics Node host(s).
  3. On the Analytics Server host, stop pats, pars, and parb services
  4. On the Analytics Server host, extract new JRE files and replace old JRE files in following directories

#{ANALYTICS_SERVER_TOP}\jre

#{ANALYTICS_SERVER_TOP}\report\jre

Where ANALYTICS_SERVER_TOP describes the top-level IBM Spectrum LSF Analytics server installation directory.

  1. On the Analytics Server host, start pats, pars, and parb services on demand.
  2. On the Analytics Node host, stop plc services
  3. On the Analytics Node host, extract new JRE files and replace old JRE files in following directory

#{ANALYTICS_NODE_TOP}/jre/#{ARCH}/

Where ANALYTICS_NODE_TOP describes the top-level IBM Spectrum LSF Analytics node installation directory. ARCH describes the architecture of Analytics Node host. E.g. linux-x86_64

  1. On the Analytics Node host, start plc service.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

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References

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Change History

30 Nov, 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 November 2018

UID

ibm10738619