Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX is vulnerable to an unspecified vulnerability and denial of service due to IBM Runtime Environment Java Technology Edition

Summary

IBM Java is used by IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX on AIX, Linux, and Solaris platforms in product configuration, management, and data transmission. IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX on AIX, Linux, and Solaris platforms is impacted by an unspecified vulnerability and denial of service due to IBM Java. IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX on AIX, Linux, and Solaris platforms has upgraded IBM Java to version 8.0.8.15 to address the issues.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-22081
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JSSE component could allow a remote attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, no integrity impact, and low availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268929 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2023-5676
**DESCRIPTION:**Eclipse OpenJ9 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when a shutdown signal (SIGTERM, SIGINT or SIGHUP) is received before the JVM has finished initializing. By sending a specially crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an infinite busy hang on a spinlock or a segmentation fault.
CVSS Base score: 4.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/271615 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading

Workarounds and Mitigations

None