Improper Authorization in OpenJ9 - CVE-2019-17631

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Improper Authorization in OpenJ9 - CVE-2019-17631

Published: February 24, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72551
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17631
CWE-ID: CWE-285
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges.

The vulnerability exists due to access to diagnostic operations such as causing a GC or creating a diagnostic file are permitted without any privilege checks. A local user can exploit the vulnerability and  escalate privileges.


Affected software

OpenJ9
IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor
Red Hat Satellite
IBM CICS TX on Cloud
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager
java-1.8.0-ibm (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo (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-ibm-headless (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2019-17631

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager - update to 7.3.0.6
java-1.8.0-ibm (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el7, 1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el7, 1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el7, 1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el7, 1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el7, 1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1
java-1.8.0-ibm-src (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el6_10, 1.8.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el7, 1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1
java-1.8.0-ibm-headless (Red Hat package) - update to 1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1
java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart (Red Hat package) - update to 1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1
IBM CICS TX on Cloud - update to 10.1.0.0 SpecialFix 022020

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