Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Workload Manager (CVE-2018-2633 CVE-2018-2603 CVE-2018-2579 CVE-2018-2637 and CVE-2018-2588)

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition and IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ that are used by IBM Workload Scheduler. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2018.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-2633**
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/137885 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-2018-2603**
DESCRIPTION**: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Libraries 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/137855 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-2018-2579**
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: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137833 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-2018-2637**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE JMX component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause high confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137889 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2588**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE LDAP component could allow an authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137841 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Workload Scheduler is potentially impacted by the listed vulnerabilities since they potentially affect secure communications between eWAS and subcomponents.

The affected version is:
Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed 8.6.0
Tivoli Dynamic Workload Console 8.6.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM has provided patches for all embedded WebSphere versions.

Follow the instructions in the link below to install the fixes for eWAS 7.0.0.39 that is embedded in TWS 8.6 fixpack 04 :

<http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22013818&gt;

The fixes can be applied on top of TWS version 8.6 only after TWS 8.6 fixpack 04 has been installed.

For_ unsupported versions, releases or platforms__ IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product._

Workarounds and Mitigations

none