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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2019.4792
Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM Platform Cluster
Manager Standard Edition, IBM Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition,
Platform HPC, and Spectrum Cluster Foundation
23 December 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition
IBM Platform Cluster Manager Standard Edition
IBM Platform HPC
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Linux variants
Impact/Access: Reduced Security -- Unknown/Unspecified
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
Original Bulletin:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1125081
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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM
Platform Cluster Manager Standard Edition, IBM Platform Cluster Manager
Advanced Edition, Platform HPC, and Spectrum Cluster Foundation.
Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Runtime Environment
Java Version 7 used by IBM Platform Cluster Manager Standard
Edition, IBM Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition, Platform HPC,
and Spectrum Cluster Foundation. IBM Platform Cluster Manager Standard
Edition, IBM Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition, Platform HPC,
and Spectrum Cluster Foundation have addressed the applicable CVEs.
Vulnerability Details
Refer to the security bulletins(s) listed in the Remediation/Fixes
section
Affected Products and Versions
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| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
|-----------------------------------------+--------------------------|
| IBM Platform Cluster Manager Advanced | 4.2.0, 4.2.0.1, 4.2.0.2, |
| Edition | 4.2.1 |
|-----------------------------------------+--------------------------|
| IBM Platform Cluster Manager Standard | 4.2.0, 4.2.0.1, 4.2.0.2, |
| Edition | 4.2.1 |
|-----------------------------------------+--------------------------|
| IBM Platform HPC | 4.2.0, 4.2.1 |
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Remediation/Fixes
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|Product |VRMF |APAR|Remediation/First Fix |
|----------+--------+----+-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | | | 1. Download IBM JRE 7.0 x86_64 from the following |
| | | | location: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral by keyword |
| | | | `Runtimes for Java Technology'. (For POWER platform, download |
| | | | ppc64 version JRE tar package. The followings steps are using |
|Platform | | | x86_64 as an example.) |
|Cluster |4.2.0, | | 2. Copy the tar package into the management node. If high |
|Manager |4.2.0.1,| | availability is enabled, copy the JRE tar package to standby |
|Standard |4.2.0.2,| | management node, as well. |
|Edition |4.2.1 |None| 3. If high availability is enabled, shutdown standby management |
|----------+--------+----| node to avoid triggering high availability. |
| | | | 4. On the management node, stop GUI and PERF services |
| | | | |
| | | |# pcmadmin service stop --group ALL |
|Platform | | | |
|Cluster |4.2.0, | | 5. On management node, extract new JRE files and replace some old |
|Manager |4.2.0.1,| | folders with new ones. |
|Advanced |4.2.0.2,| | |
|Edition |4.2.1 |None|# chmod +x ibm-java-x86_64-jre-7.0-10.55.bin |
|----------+--------+----| |
| | | |# ./ibm-java-x86_64-jre-7.0-10.55.bin |
| | | |# mv /opt/pcm/jre/bin /opt/pcm/jre/bin-old |
| | | |# mv /opt/pcm/jre/lib /opt/pcm/jre/lib-old |
|Platform |4.2.0, | |# mv /opt/pcm/jre/plugin /opt/pcm/jre/plugin-old |
|HPC |4.2.1 |None|# cp -r ibm-java-x86_64-70/jre/bin /opt/pcm/jre/ |
|----------+--------+----|# cp -r ibm-java-x86_64-70/jre/lib /opt/pcm/jre/ |
| | | |# cp -r ibm-java-x86_64-70/jre/plugin /opt/pcm/jre/ |
| | | |# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/jre/linux-x86_64/bin |
| | | |/opt/pcm/web-portal/jre/linux-x86_64/bin-old |
|Spectrum | | |# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/jre/linux-x86_64/lib |
|Cluster | | |/opt/pcm/web-portal/jre/linux-x86_64/lib-old |
|Foundation|4.2.2 |None|# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/jre/linux-x86_64/plugin |
| | | |/opt/pcm/web-portal/jre/linux-x86_64/plugin-old |
| | | |# cp -r |
| | | |ibm-java-x86_64-70/jre/bin /opt/pcm/web-portal/jre/linux-x86_64/ |
| | | |# cp -r |
| | | |ibm-java-x86_64-70/jre/lib /opt/pcm/web-portal/jre/linux-x86_64/ |
| | | |# cp -r |
| | | |ibm-java-x86_64-70/jre/plugin /opt/pcm/web-portal/jre/linux-x86_64/|
| | | | |
| | | | 6. On management node, start GUI and PERF services |
| | | | |
| | | |# pcmadmin service start --group ALL |
| | | | |
| | | | 7. If high availability is enabled, start up standby management |
| | | | node, and replace bin, lib, plugin folders under |
| | | | /opt/pcm/web-portal/jre/linux-x86_64, on standby management |
| | | | node. |
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Workarounds and Mitigations
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Related Information
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Change History
21 Nov 2019: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will
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impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the
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VULNERABILITY.
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