Security Bulletin: IBM SDK, Java Tech Edition Quarterly CPU Jul 2021 - Includes Oracle Jul 2021 CPU (minus CVE-2021-2341)

Summary

This Security Bulletin provides steps for updating Java for IBM DataQuant.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-2388
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205815 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2021-2369
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Library component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205796 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-2432
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JNDI component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205856 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Please see ‘Workarounds and Mitigations’

Workarounds and Mitigations

Steps to update JRE - DataQuant:

1. Close DataQuant.
2. Download JRE (IBM_DevelopmentPackage_for_Eclipse_Win_X86_32_6.0.35) and extract the files to a temporary location.
3. Replace jre folder at the install directory location –> “C:\Program Files\IBM\IBM DataQuant\DataQuant for Workstation”. Replace with contents in step # 2.
4. Download eclipse oxygen from <https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/oxygen/3a/eclipse-jee-oxygen-3a-win32-x86_64.zip&gt;
5. Extract the eclipse oxygen and copy the plugin - org.apache.jasper.glassfish_2.2.2.v201501141630.jar from eclipse-jee-oxygen-3a-win32-x86_64\eclipse\plugins
6. Copy org.apache.jasper.glassfish_2.2.2.v201501141630.jar in the folder where DataQuant is installed - C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\IBM DataQuant\DataQuant for Workstation\plugins
7. Delete the older plugin org.apache.jasper.glassfish_2.2.2.v201205150955.jar from the DataQuant install directory.