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IBM Java: IBM Security Update February 2018 (CVE-2018-1417)

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IBM Java: IBM Security Update February 2018 (CVE-2018-1417)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/22/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/05/2018
Modified
10/05/2018

Description

Under certain circumstances, a flaw in the J9 JVM (IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 7.1 and 8.0) allows untrusted code running under a security manager to elevate its privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 138823.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-java-upgrade-7_1_4_20
  • ibm-java-upgrade-8_0_5_10

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