Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect Rational Publishing Engine

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime Environment, Versions 7 and 8 that are used by Rational Publishing Engine. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in August 2019.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-2816 DESCRIPTION: Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Networking). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u221, 8u212, 11.0.3 and 12.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u211. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data.
CVSS Base Score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163878&gt; 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:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational Publishing Engine 2.1.0
Rational Publishing Engine 2.1.1
Rational Publishing Engine 2.1.2
Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.5
Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.6

Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.6 .1

Remediation/Fixes

For Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.5, 6.0.6 and 6.0.6.1, upgrade the IBM Java Runtime environment used with Rational Publishing Engine to version 8.0.5.40, which can be downloaded from: Rational-RPE-JavaSE-JRE-8.0SR5FP40

For Rational Publishing Engine 2.1.0, 2.1.1 and 2.1.2 versions, upgrade the IBM Java Runtime environment used with Rational Publishing Engine to version 7.1.4.50, which can be downloaded from: Rational-RPE-JavaSE-JRE-7.1SR4FP50

Workarounds and Mitigations

None