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IBM AIX: java_july2018_advisory (CVE-2018-12539): Vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects AIX

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IBM AIX: java_july2018_advisory (CVE-2018-12539): Vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects AIX

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/14/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/02/2018
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-aix-java_july2018_advisory

References

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