Security Bulletin: IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact is affected by an Apache Derby vulnerability (CVE-2018-1313)

Summary

IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact has addressed the following Apache Derby vulnerability.

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

Remediation/Fixes

| VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact | 6.1.1 | None | Apache Derby 10.14.2.0 which fixes this vulnerability need Java 8 and Higher. So customers using IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 6.1.1 should upgrade to IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.0 FP14 or any higher Fixpack which supports Java 8.
IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact | 7.1.0.14 | None | IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.0 FP14

Please also note the end of support announcement from 12 September 2017 for selected Netcool product versions. You can find detailed information on whether the product version you have installed in your environment is affected by this end of service announcement by following the Netcool End of Support Knowledge Collection. If your product version is affected, IBM recommend to upgrade your product version to the latest supported version of your product. Please contact your IBM account manager for any question you might have or for any assistance you may require for upgrading an end of service announced offering.