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Directory Traversal Affecting java-1_8_0-ibm-alsa package, versions <1.8.0_sr5.20-3.6.2

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.51% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-JAVA180IBMALSA-2760189
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed9 Oct 2018
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Introduced: 9 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-1656  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 java-1_8_0-ibm-alsa to version 1.8.0_sr5.20-3.6.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream java-1_8_0-ibm-alsa package and not the java-1_8_0-ibm-alsa package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

The IBM Java Runtime Environment's Diagnostic Tooling Framework for Java (DTFJ) (IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 6.0 , 7.0, and 8.0) does not protect against path traversal attacks when extracting compressed dump files. IBM X-Force ID: 144882.