Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK (April 2024) affect IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in the IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 that is used by IBM InfoSphere Information Server. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in April 2024.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-21085
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to cause low availability impacts.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/288000 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2024-21011
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to cause low availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/288020 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2023-38264
**DESCRIPTION:**The IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition’s Object Request Broker (ORB) 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.5.21 and 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.8.21 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack in some circumstances due to improper enforcement of the JEP 290 MaxRef and MaxDepth deserialization filters. IBM X-Force ID: 260578.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/260578 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

Product|

VRMF

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APAR

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Remediation/First Fix

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InfoSphere Information Server, Information Server on Cloud

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11.7

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DT382032

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--Follow instructions in the README
--If not previously addressed, for AIX installations, 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