Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM Java Runtime affect DB2 Recovery Expert for Linux, Unix and Windows(IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Quarterly CPU - Jan 2019 - Includes Oracle Jan 2019 CPU) )

Summary

There is vulnerability in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version Java 1.8.0 SR5 FP16 and earlier used by DB2 Recovery Expert for Linux, Unix and Windows. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in Jan. 2019.

Vulnerability Details

Relevant CVE Information:

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&gt; 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)

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&gt; for the current score
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)

Affected Products and Versions

DB2 Recovery Expert for LUW 5.1
DB2 Recovery Expert for LUW 5.1 Interim Fix 1 (IF1)
DB2 Recovery Expert for LUW 5.1.0.1 (also called 5.1 Fix Pack 1)
DB2 Recovery Expert for LUW 5.1.0.1 IF1
DB2 Recovery Expert for LUW 5.1.0.1 IF2
DB2 Recovery Expert for LUW 5.1.0.2 (also called 5.1 Fix Pack 2)
DB2 Recovery Expert for LUW 5.1.0.2 IF1
DB2 Recovery Expert for LUW 5.1.0.3 (also called 5.1 Fix Pack 3)

Remediation/Fixes

Workarounds and Mitigations

There are no workarounds except to replace to the latest JRE.
To solve the problem without updating the entire Recovery Expert product, the user can replace the existing JRE that is installed into the product installation tree in the “jre” directory with a newer JRE that includes the security fixes.

Instructions to replace the IBM JRE for DB2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX and Windows

1. Identify the version and platform of your DB2 Recovery Expert installation.
2. See the table below to find the IBM JRE download link that matches your product version and platform. If you cannot find a JRE download link for your product version and platform, contact IBM Technical Support and refer to this tech-note
3. Download the zip file (for example: ibm-java-jre-x.x-x.x-linux-x86_64.tgz) and extract it to a folder on a local file system (for example: /tmp/ibm-jre-x.x-x.x).
4. Stop the DB2 Recovery Expert server using the stop.sh command (for example: /opt/ibm/RE/stop.sh).
5. Back-up and then delete the contents of the “jre” folder from your product installation directory (for example: /opt/ibm/RE/jre).
6. Copy the contents of the “jre” folder from the latest IBM JRE that you downloaded in Step 3 (for example: /tmp/ibm-jre-x.x-x.x/jre/) to the “jre” folder in your product installation directory (for example: /opt/ibm/RE/jre/).*
7. Ensure that the file permissions for the new JRE files and folders match the file permissions for the original JRE files and folders. If necessary, set 775 recursively.
8. Restart the DB2 Recovery Expert server using the start.sh command (for example: /opt/ibm/RE/start.sh).

• NOTE: You must repeat from Step 6 again any time you install an APAR or upgrade to an affected version of DB2 Recovery Expert.