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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2018.3958 IBM MQ receives security updates 21 December 2018 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: IBM MQ Internet Pass-Thru Publisher: IBM Operating System: AIX HP-UX Linux variants Solaris Windows Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account Increased Privileges -- Existing Account Modify Arbitrary Files -- Remote/Unauthenticated Create Arbitrary Files -- Remote with User Interaction Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2018-12539 CVE-2018-3180 CVE-2018-1656 Reference: ASB-2018.0256 ESB-2018.2528.2 Original Bulletin: https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10738985 https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10789805 Comment: This bulletin contains two (2) IBM security advisories. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM MQ Internet Pass Thru Security Bulletin Document information Component: MQIPT Software version: 2.1 Operating system(s): AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows Reference #: 0738985 Modified date: 20 December 2018 Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Runtime Environment Java Version 7.0.10.30 used by IBM MQ Internet Pass Thru. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2018. Vulnerability Details If you run your own Java code using the IBM Java Runtime delivered with this product, you should evaluate your code to determine whether the complete list of vulnerabilities are applicable to your code. For a complete list of vulnerabilities please refer to the link for "IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin" located in the "References" section for more information. CVEID: CVE-2018-1656 DESCRIPTION: The IBM Java Runtime Environment's Diagnostic Tooling Framework for Java (DTFJ) does not protect against path traversal attacks when extracting compressed dump files. CVSS Base Score: 7.4 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/ 144882 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N) CVEID: CVE-2018-12539 DESCRIPTION: Eclipse OpenJ9 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the failure to restrict the use of Java Attach API to connect to an Eclipse OpenJ9 or IBM JVM on the same machine and use Attach API operations to only the process owner. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute untrusted native code and gain elevated privileges on the system. CVSS Base Score: 8.4 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/ 148389 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) Affected Products and Versions IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 7 Service Refresh 10 Fix Pack 30 (or later) and earlier releases provided by WebSphere MQIPT 2.1 on all platforms. Remediation/Fixes A JRE update for MQIPT 2.1.0.4 contains fixes for these vulnerabilities and can be downloaded from the MS81: WebSphere MQ Internet Pass-Thru SupportPac page, via the Download package link. Users can follow the instructions contained in Instructions for manually updating the JRE within an MQIPT V2.1 Installation. Please note: Users of MQIPT v2.1 on the HP-UX platform are advised that patches for these issues have not been released by the manufacturer for this JRE level (7.0) at this time. These updates will be published by IBM when they are available. Workarounds and Mitigations None Acknowledgement None Change History 07 November 2018: Published 14/12/2018: Correction, not published - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Bulletin: WebSphere MQ Internet Pass-Thru is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime Document information Component: MQIPT Software version: 2.1 Operating system(s): AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows Reference #: 0789805 Modified date: 20 December 2018 Summary WebSphere MQ Internet Pass-Thru has addressed the following vulnerabilities in IBM Runtime Environment Java Version 7.0.10.35. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2018. Vulnerability Details If you run your own Java code using the IBM Java Runtime delivered with this product, you should evaluate your code to determine whether the complete list of vulnerabilities are applicable to your code. For a complete list of vulnerabilities please refer to the link for "IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin" located in the "References" section for more information. 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 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) Affected Products and Versions IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 7 Service Refresh 10 Fix Pack 30 and earlier releases provided by WebSphere MQIPT 2.1 on all platforms. Remediation/Fixes These vulnerabilities are fixed in IBM Java Version 7.0 Service Refresh 10 Fix Pack 35. A JRE update to this level of Java for MQIPT 2.1.0.4 is available to download from the MS81: WebSphere MQ Internet Pass-Thru SupportPac page, via the Download package link. The JRE update files are named ms81_jre_ platform _70sr10fp5, where platform is the operating system and architecture where MQIPT is running. Users can follow the instructions contained in Instructions for manually updating the JRE within an MQIPT V2.1 Installation. Please note: Users of MQIPT v2.1 on the HP-UX platform are advised that patches for these issues have not been released by the manufacturer for this JRE level (7.0) at this time. These updates will be published by IBM when they are available. Workarounds and Mitigations None Acknowledgement None - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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