Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-08-01 CWE: CWE-426 Bugzilla: 1738558: CVE-2019-4473 IBM JDK: Insecure RPATH in multiple binaries on AIX Multiple binaries in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 7, 7R, and 8 on the AIX platform use insecure absolute RPATHs, which may facilitate code injection and privilege elevation by local users. IBM X-Force ID: 163984.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2019-4473 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue did not affect the Linux builds of IBM JDK, only version for AIX operating system were affected.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.8 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 5 | java-1.8.0-ibm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | java-1.8.0-ibm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.7.1-ibm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.8.0-ibm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | java-1.8.0-ibm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | java-1.7.1-ibm | Not affected |
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