Security Bulletin: There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7, Version 8, that is used by IBM Workload Scheduler. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2018 and January 2019.

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7, Version 8, that is used by IBM Workload Scheduler. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2018 and January 2019.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-3180 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit 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&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:L)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1890 DESCRIPTION: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Version 8 on the AIX platform uses absolute RPATHs which may facilitate code injection and privilege elevation by local users.
CVSS Base Score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152081&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2019-2426 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE Networking 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/155744&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:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-12547 DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the jio_snprintf() and jio_vsnprintf() functions. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/157512&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:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.2.0 FP03 and earlier
IBM Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.3.0 FP03 and earlier
IBM Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.4.0 FP05 and earlier

IBM Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.5.0 GA

Remediation/Fixes

APAR IJ16058 has been opened to address Java vulnerabilities affecting IBM Workload Scheduler.

The following limited availability fixes for IJ16058 are available for download on FixCentral

9.2.0-TIV-TWS-FP0003-IJ16058
to be applied on top of Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.2.0 FP0003

9.3.0-TIV-TWS-FP0003-IJ16058
to be applied on top of Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.3.0 FP03

Apar IJ16058 is already included in IBM Workload Scheduler 9.4 FP06 and 9.5 FP01.

Workarounds and Mitigations

N/A