Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus (Multiple CVEs)

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 that is used by Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus. These were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK update 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)

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)

Affected Products and Versions

Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 8.1.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
OMNIbus | 8.1.0.19 | IJ14266 | <https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10791851&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

Upgrading the JRE is the only solution.