Bug 1738558 (CVE-2019-4473) - CVE-2019-4473 IBM JDK: Insecure RPATH in multiple binaries on AIX
Summary: CVE-2019-4473 IBM JDK: Insecure RPATH in multiple binaries on AIX
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2019-4473
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1724463
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Reported: 2019-08-07 13:09 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2021-02-16 21:31 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-08-07 13:14:33 UTC
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Description Tomas Hoger 2019-08-07 13:09:12 UTC 
IBM JDK 7 SR10 FP50 (7.0.10.50), 7.1 SR4 FP50 (7.1.4.50), and 8 SR5 FP40 (8.0.5.40) fix a flaw described by upstream as:

Multiple binaries in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition on the AIX platform use insecure absolute RPATHs, which may facilitate code injection and privilege elevation by local users.

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https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10960422
https://developer.ibm.com/javasdk/support/security-vulnerabilities/#IBM_Security_Update_July_2019
Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2019-08-07 13:14:33 UTC 
Upstream indicates this only affected IBM JDK builds for the IBM AIX platform and hence did not affect Linux builds.
Comment 2 Tomas Hoger 2019-08-07 13:14:36 UTC 
Statement:

This issue did not affect the Linux builds of IBM JDK, only version for AIX operating system were affected.
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