Improper access control - CVE-2019-2698

 

Improper access control - CVE-2019-2698

Published: April 23, 2019 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33461
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-2698
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Vulnerability in the Java SE component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: 2D). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u211 and 8u202. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Java SE. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability does not apply to Java deployments, typically in servers, that load and run only trusted code (e.g., code installed by an administrator). CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).


Affected software

Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Opensuse
Fedora
IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor
Red Hat Satellite
openjdk8 (Alpine package)
java-1.7.0-openjdk (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.1-ibm-demo (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.1-ibm (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.1-ibm-devel (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.1-ibm-src (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-ibm (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-ibm-src (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-openjdk (Red Hat package)
java-11-openjdk

How to mitigate CVE-2019-2698

Install update from vendor's website.

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor - update to 1.9.8
openjdk8 (Alpine package) - update to 8.212.04-r0
java-1.7.0-openjdk (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.221-2.6.18.0.el6_10, 1.7.0.221-2.6.18.0.el7_6
java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.1.4.45-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.7.1.4.45-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.1-ibm-demo (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.1.4.45-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.7.1.4.45-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.1-ibm (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.1.4.45-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.7.1.4.45-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.1-ibm-devel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.1.4.45-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.7.1.4.45-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.1.4.45-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.7.1.4.45-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.1-ibm-src (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.1.4.45-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.7.1.4.45-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.5.35-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.5.35-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.8.0-ibm (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.5.35-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.5.35-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.5.35-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.5.35-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.5.35-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.5.35-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.5.35-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.5.35-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.8.0-ibm-src (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.5.35-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.5.35-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.8.0-openjdk (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.212.b04-0.el6_10, 1.8.0.212.b04-0.el7_6, 1.8.0.212.b04-1.el8_0
java-11-openjdk - addressed in versions 11.0.3.7-1.fc28, 11.0.3.7-1.fc29, 11.0.3.7-1.fc30

External References

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