Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Java™ SDK affect IBM® Intelligent Operations Center products

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition versions 7 and 8 that are used by IBM® Intelligent Operations Center, IBM® Intelligent Operations Center for Emergency Management, and IBM® Water Operations for Waternamics. IBM® Intelligent Operations Center has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

If you run your own Java™ code using the IBM® Java™ Runtime Environment that is delivered with this product, you should evaluate your code to determine whether additional Java™ vulnerabilities are applicable to your code.

CVE IDs: CVE-2018-11212 CVE-2019-2426 CVE-2019-2449 CVE-2019-2422 CVE-2018-12547 CVE-2018-12549 CVE-2018-1890

CVEID: CVE-2018-11212 DESCRIPTION: libjpeg is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by divide-by-zero error in the alloc_sarray function in jmemmgr.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See _<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143429&gt;_ for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2019-2426 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability 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-2019-2449 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Deployment 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: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See _<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155766&gt;_ for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2019-2422 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: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See _<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155741&gt;_ for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/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 more information
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)

CVEID: CVE-2018-12549 DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the failure to omit a null check on the receiver object of an Unsafe call when accelerating it. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See _<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/157513&gt;_ for more information
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)

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)

Affected Products and Versions

• IBM® Intelligent Operations Center V1.6.0 - V5.2.0
• IBM® Intelligent Operations Center for Emergency Management V1.6 - V5.1.0.6
• IBM® Water Operations for Waternamics V5.1 - V5.2.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

The fix for this issue is available in IBM® Intelligent Operations Center version 5.2.1 on Passport Advantage.

For information about the latest available updates, see IBM Intelligent Operations Center V5.2 installation updates.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.