IBM Liberty for Java: Denial of service - Remote/unauthenticated

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2019.0977
           IBM Security Bulletin: Potential denial of service in
              Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud (CVE-2018-10237)
                               25 March 2019

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM Liberty for Java
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  Linux variants
Impact/Access:     Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-10237  

Reference:         ESB-2019.0727
                   ESB-2019.0661
                   ESB-2018.3131
                   ESB-2019.0372.2

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10871774

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Potential denial of service in Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud (CVE-2018-10237)

Product:             Liberty for Java for Bluemix

Software version:    All Versions

Operating system(s): Linux

Reference #:         0871774

Security Bulletin

Summary

There is a potential denial of service with the Google Guava library that is
used in Liberty for Java.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-10237
DESCRIPTION: Google Guava is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by
improper eager allocation checks in the AtomicDoubleArray and CompoundOrdering
class. By sending a specially-crafted data, a remote attacker could exploit
this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
142508 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

This vulnerability affects all versions of Liberty for Java in IBM Cloudup to
and including v3.27.

Remediation/Fixes

To upgrade to Liberty for Java v3.28-20190127-1723or higher, you must re-stage
or re-push your application.

To find the current version of Liberty for Java in IBM Cloud being used, from
the command-line Cloud Foundry client by running the following commands:

cf ssh <appname> -c cat "staging_info.yml"

Look for the following lines:

{"detected_buildpack":"Liberty for Java(TM) (WAR, liberty-18.0.0_3,
buildpack-v3.25-20180918-1034, ibmjdk-1.8.0_20180214, env)
","start_command":".liberty/initial_startup.rb"}

To re-stage your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use
the following command:

cf restage <appname>

To re-push your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use
the following command:

cf push <appname>

Workarounds and Mitigations

none

Change History

21 March 2019: Original document published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will
ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of
this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the
Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and
priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES ""AS IS"" WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF
ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.

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