Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Apache Derby could affect IBM Performance Management products (CVE-2018-1313)

Summary

Apache Derby could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation of network packets received. By sending a specially-crafted network packet, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to boot a database whose location and contents are under the user’s control.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2018-1313
**DESCRIPTION:*Apache Derby could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation of network packets received. By sending a specially-crafted network packet, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to boot a database whose location and contents are under the user’s control.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/142898&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:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Monitoring 8.1.3
IBM Application Diagnostics 8.1.3
IBM Application Performance Management 8.1.3
IBM Application Performance Management Advanced 8.1.3
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management Base Private 8.1.4
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management Advanced Private 8.1.4

Remediation/Fixes

Workarounds and Mitigations

None