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Improper Authentication Affecting java-1.7.1-ibm-devel package, versions <1:1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-JAVA171IBMDEVEL-4886045
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 May 2018
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Introduced: 11 May 2018

CVE-2018-12539  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 java-1.7.1-ibm-devel to version 1:1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:2569.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream java-1.7.1-ibm-devel package and not the java-1.7.1-ibm-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Eclipse OpenJ9 version 0.8, users other than the process owner may be able to use Java Attach API to connect to an Eclipse OpenJ9 or IBM JVM on the same machine and use Attach API operations, which includes the ability to execute untrusted native code. Attach API is enabled by default on Windows, Linux and AIX JVMs and can be disabled using the command line option -Dcom.ibm.tools.attach.enable=no.