Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect Rational Publishing Engine

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime Environment, Versions 7 and 8 that are used by Rational Publishing Engine. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in April 2019.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-2602 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a high availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159698&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:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2019-2697 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE 2D component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159789&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:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2019-2698 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE 2D component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159790&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:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2019-10245 DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the execution of a method past the end of bytecode array by the Java bytecode verifier. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/160010&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:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational Publishing Engine 2.1.0
Rational Publishing Engine 2.1.1
Rational Publishing Engine 2.1.2
Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.5
Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.6

Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.6 .1

Remediation/Fixes

For Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.5, 6.0.6 and 6.0.6.1, upgrade the IBM Java Runtime environment used with Rational Publishing Engine to version 8.0.5.35, which can be downloaded from: Rational-RPE-JavaSE-JRE-8.0SR5FP35

For Rational Publishing Engine 2.1.0, 2.1.1 and 2.1.2 versions, upgrade the IBM Java Runtime environment used with Rational Publishing Engine to version 7.1.4.45, which can be downloaded from: Rational-RPE-JavaSE-JRE-7.1SR4FP45

Workarounds and Mitigations

None