Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning (CVE-2018-1890, CVE-2018-12547)

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ which is used by IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Enterprise Resource Planning. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2019.

Vulnerability Details

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-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

The following levels of IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Enterprise Resource Planning are affected:

• 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.6.0 - Data Protection for SAP HANA
  8.1.0.0 through 8.1.4.0 - Data Protection for SAP for Db2 and Data Protection for SAP for Oracle
• 7.1.3.0 through 7.1.3.1 - Data Protection for SAP HANA, Db2, and Oracle.

Remediation/Fixes

Data Protection for SAP HANA Release | First Fixing
VRMF Level | Platform | Link to Fix
—|—|—|—
8.1 | 8.1.6.1 | Linux
| <https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10879355&gt;
7.1 | 7.1.3.2 | Linux | <https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10960113&gt;

Data Protection for SAP for Db2 and Oracle Release | First Fixing
VRMF Level | Platform | Link to Fix
—|—|—|—
8.1 | 8.1.4.1 | AIX
Linux
Solaris
Windows | <https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10888223&gt;
7.1 | 7.1.3.2 | AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows |

<https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10960113&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None