Security Bulletin
Summary
Java SE issues disclosed in the Oracle January 2019 Critical Patch Update, plus three additional vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Details
CVE IDs: CVE-2018-11212 CVE-2019-2426 CVE-2019-2449 CVE-2019-2422 CVE-2018-12547 CVE-2018-12549 CVE-2018-1890
DESCRIPTION: This bulletin covers all applicable Java SE CVEs published by Oracle as part of their January 2019 Critical Patch Update, plus three additional vulnerabilities. For more information please refer to Oracle's January 2019 CPU Advisory and the X-Force database entries referenced below.
CVEID:
CVE-2018-11212
DESCRIPTION: libjpeg is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by divide-by-zero error in the alloc_sarray function in jmemmgr.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143429
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:L)
CVEID:
CVE-2019-2426
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: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155744
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:N/A:N)
CVEID:
CVE-2019-2449
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Deployment 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: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155766
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID:
CVE-2019-2422
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Libraries 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/155741
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)
CVEID:
CVE-2018-12547
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the jio_snprintf() and jio_vsnprintf() functions. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/157512
for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID:
CVE-2018-12549
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the failure to omit a null check on the receiver object of an Unsafe call when accelerating it. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/157513
for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID:
CVE-2018-1890
DESCRIPTION: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Version 8 on the AIX platform uses absolute RPATHs which may facilitate code injection and privilege elevation by local users.
CVSS Base Score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152081
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 7R1 Service Refresh 4 Fix Pack 35 and earlier releases
IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 8 Service Refresh 5 Fix Pack 27 and earlier releases
For detailed information on which CVEs affect which releases, please refer to the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Security Vulnerabilities page .
Remediation/Fixes
Fixes for applicable vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 7 Service Refresh 10 Fix Pack 40 and subsequent releases
Fixes for applicable vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 7R1 Service Refresh 4 Fix Pack 40 and subsequent releases
Fixes for applicable vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 8 Service Refresh 5 Fix Pack 30 and subsequent releases
IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition releases can be downloaded, subject to the terms of the developerWorks license, from the
Java Developer Center
.
IBM customers requiring an update for an SDK shipped with an IBM product should contact
IBM support
, and/or refer to the appropriate product security bulletin.
APAR numbers are as follows:
IJ13343
(CVE-2018-11212)
IJ13344
(CVE-2019-2426)
IJ13345
(CVE-2019-2449)
IJ13346
(CVE-2019-2422)
IJ14173
(CVE-2018-12547)
IJ14174
(CVE-2018-12549)
IJ14187
(CVE-2018-1890)
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References
Change History
March 1 2019: 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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
01 March 2019
UID
ibm10873332