Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java SDK (April 2021) affects IBM InfoSphere Information Server (CVE-2021-2161)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in the IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 that is used by IBM InfoSphere Information Server. This issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in April 2021.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-2161
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/200290 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

11.7

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JR63645

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--Follow instructions in the README
--If not previously addressed, see Technote for class not found errors related to ProviderExceptions, Failed to initialize IBMJCEPlus provider, and jgskit (Not found in java.library.path)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None