Security Bulletin: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Security Update October 2021

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, 8* that are used by Rational Application Developer®. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2021. IBM 8 Fix SR7 FP5 (8.0.7.5).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-35550
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JSSE component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211627 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm%2FRational%2FIBM+Rational+Application+Developer+for+WebSphere+Software&fixids=Rational-RAD-Java8SR7FP5_RAD_RSA-ifix&source=SAR&function=fixId&parent=ibm/Rational

An additional setting is required to make WAS administrative connections work after applying the fix. Please follow Technote

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6584349

Workarounds and Mitigations

None