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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2018.2409
       Security Bulletin: Public disclosured vulnerability found by
                       vFinder: (All) Apache PDFBox
                              17 August 2018

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM DataQuant
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  Linux variants
                   Mac OS
                   Windows
Impact/Access:     Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-8036  

Reference:         ESB-2018.1910

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10725995

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Security Bulletin: Public disclosured vulnerability found by vFinder: (All)
Apache PDFBox

Document information

More support for: DB2 Tools for z/OS

Software version: 2.1

Operating system(s): Linux, Mac OS, Windows

Reference #: 0725995

Modified date: 15 August 2018

Summary

IBM DataQuant has addressed the following vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

Advisory CVE:   CVE-2018-8036

CVEID: CVE-2018-8036
DESCRIPTION: Apache PDFBox is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an
out of memory exception in AFMParser. By persuading a victim to open a
specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to
cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
145592 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

      Affected IBM DataQuant       Affected Versions

IBM DataQuant for z/OS             2.1

IBM DataQuant for Multiplatforms   2.1

Remediation/Fixes

None.  See 'Workarounds and Mitigations'.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Use the following instructions to replace DataQuant's Apache POI library with
the latest version, which is 3.17:

1. Install 7-Zip or other file archiver.

 

2. Download POI 3.17 (https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/poi/release/bin/
poi-bin-3.17-20170915.zip).

Find the following jar files inside the archive:

poi-3.17.jar

poi-ooxml-3.17.jar

poi-ooxml-schemas-3.17.jar

commons-collections4-4.1.jar (under "lib" folder)

commons-codec-1.10.jar (under "lib" folder)

commons-logging-1.2.jar (under "lib" folder)

curvesapi-1.04.jar (under "ooxml-lib" folder)

xmlbeans-2.6.0.jar (under "ooxml-lib" folder)

 

3. In the DataQuant for Workstation\plugins folder, rename
com.ibm.bi.core.poi_2.1.7.20170216.jar to
com.ibm.bi.core.poi_2.1.7.20170216.zip and open it in the archiver that you
have installed in step #1.

- - Remove everything from the "lib" folder

- - Copy the
poi-3.17.jar,poi-ooxml-3.17.jar,poi-ooxml-schemas-3.17.jar,xmlbeans-2.6.0.jar,

  curvesapi-1.04.jar,commons-collections4-4.1.jar files into the "lib" folder

- - Modify the META-INF\MANIFEST-MF file.

 

Instead of

 

Bundle-ClassPath: .,lib/poi-3.12-20150511.jar,lib/poi-ooxml-3.12-20150511.jar,

lib/poi-ooxml-schemas-3.12-20150511.jar,

lib/xmlbeans-2.6.0.jar

 

type

 

Bundle-ClassPath: .,lib/poi-3.17.jar,lib/poi-ooxml-3.17.jar,

lib/poi-ooxml-schemas-3.17.jar,lib/xmlbeans-2.6.0.jar,

lib/curvesapi-1.04.jar,lib/commons-collections4-4.1.jar

 

Make sure that there are spaces at the beginning of the second and the third
line

- - Save changes, close the archiver, and rename
com.ibm.bi.core.poi_2.1.7.20170216.zip

to

   com.ibm.bi.core.poi_2.1.7.20170216.jar

 

4. In the DataQuant for Workstation\plugins folder, rename

com.ibm.rsbi.textanalytics.doc_2.1.7.20170216.jar

to

com.ibm.rsbi.textanalytics.doc_2.1.7.20170216.zip and open it in the archiver.

- - Remove everything from the "lib" folder

- - Copy the
poi-3.17.jar,poi-ooxml-3.17.jar,poi-ooxml-schemas-3.17.jar,xmlbeans-2.6.0.jar
files into the "lib" folder

- - Modify META-INF\MANIFEST-MF file.

 

Instead of

 

Bundle-ClassPath: .,lib/poi-3.12-20150511.jar,lib/poi-ooxml-3.12-20150511.jar,

lib/poi-ooxml-schemas-3.12-20150511.jar,lib/poi-scratchpad-3.12-20150511.jar

 

type

 

Bundle-ClassPath: .,lib/poi-3.17.jar,lib/poi-ooxml-3.17.jar,

lib/poi-ooxml-schemas-3.17.jar,lib/xmlbeans-2.6.0.jar

 

Make sure that there is a space at the beginning of the second line

- -Save changes, close the archiver, and rename
com.ibm.rsbi.textanalytics.doc_2.1.7.20170216.zip

to

com.ibm.rsbi.textanalytics.doc_2.1.7.20170216.jar

 

5. In the DataQuant for Workstation\plugins\
com.ibm.bi.thirdparty_2.1.7.20170216 folder

- - Remove commons-codec-1.6.jar and commons-logging-1.1.3.jar from the "Other"
folder

- - Copy commons-codec-1.10.jar and commons-logging-1.2.jar into the the "Other"
folder

- - Modify META-INF\MANIFEST.MF.

 

Instead of

 

Bundle-ClassPath: Other/mail.jar,

Other/DPDFGen.jar,Other/js.jar,

Other/ commons-logging-1.1.3.jar,

Other/httpclient-4.3.1.jar,

Other/httpcore-4.3.jar,

Other/commons-codec-1.6.jar,Other/pdfbox-1.7.0.jar,

Other/fontbox-1.7.0.jar,Other/jackson-annotations-2.2.2.jar,

Other/jackson-core-2.2.2.jar,Other/jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar,

Other/httpmime-4.3.jar

 

type

 

Bundle-ClassPath: Other/mail.jar,

Other/DPDFGen.jar,Other/js.jar,

Other/commons-logging-1.2.jar,

Other/httpclient-4.3.1.jar,

Other/httpcore-4.3.jar,

Other/commons-codec-1.10.jar,Other/pdfbox-1.7.0.jar,

Other/fontbox-1.7.0.jar,Other/jackson-annotations-2.2.2.jar,

Other/jackson-core-2.2.2.jar,Other/jackson-databind-2.2.2.jar,

Other/httpmime-4.3.jar

 

Make sure that there are spaces at the beginning of each line (with the
exception of the first line)

- - Save changes

 

6. Run Data Quant for Workstation with the following command line parameters:

dataquant.exe -clean -clearPersistedState

 

7. For DataQuant for WebSphere\DataQuantWebSphere21.war, rename
DataQuantWebSphere21.war to DataQuantWebSphere21.zip and open it in the file
archiver.

Make the changes described in steps #3 and #5 inside the
DataQuantWebSphere21.zip\WEB-INF\eclipse\plugins folder or replace the
existing com.ibm.bi.core.poi_2.1.7.20170216.jar and
com.ibm.bi.thirdparty_2.1.7.20170216 folders with the updated ones from the
workstation version

- - Close file archiver

- - Rename DataQuantWebSphere21.zip to DataQuantWebSphere21.war

- - Redeploy DataQuantWebSphere21.war on your web server

 

8. For DataQuant for WebSphere\DataQuantWebSphere21.ear, rename
DataQuantWebSphere21.ear

to

DataQuantWebSphere21.zip and open it in the file archiver.

 

Make the changes described in step #7 for the DataQuantWebSphere21.war file
which is inside the DataQuantWebSphere21.zip archive

or

 replace the existing DataQuantWebSphere21.war with the updated
DataQuantWebSphere21.war from step #7

- - Close file archiver

- - Rename DataQuantWebSphere21.zip to DataQuantWebSphere21.ear

- - Redeploy DataQuantWebSphere21.ear on your web server

Change History

15 August 2018. Original version 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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