Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects IBM Developer for z Systems (CVE-2018-3180)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition that is used by IBM Developer for z Systems. The issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2018.

Vulnerability Details

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CVEID: CVE-2018-3180 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE JSSE component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause low confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and low availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See _https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151497 _ 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:L)

CVEID:

Affected Products and Versions

Principal Product and Version(s)

• IBM Developer for z Systems, versions 14.0.0.0 to 14.0.0.7

• IBM Developer for z Systems, versions 14.1.0 to 14.1.5

Remediation/Fixes

IBM has provided patches for all affected versions.

Follow the installation instructions in the README files included with the patch.

The fix can be obtained at the following locations:

• IBM Developer for System z Fix Pack 8 (14.0.0.8) for 14.0.0.0 to 14.0.0.7
• IBM Developer for System z Fix Pack 6 (14.1.6) for 14.1.0 to 14.1.5