Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Security QRadar SOAR ( CVE-2021-35560, CVE-2021-35578, CVE-2021-35564, CVE-2021-35565, CVE-2021-35588)

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 and IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 8 used by IBM Security QRadar SOAR. IBM has addressed the applicable CVEs (CVE-2021-35560, CVE-2021-35578, CVE-2021-35564, CVE-2021-35565, CVE-2021-35588).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-35560
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Deployment 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/211636 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-2021-35578
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JSSE 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: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211654 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-2021-35564
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Keytool component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211640 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-35565
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JSSE 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: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211641 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-2021-35588
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM 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: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211662 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Users must upgrade to v44.0 of IBM Security QRadar SOAR (previously known as IBM Resilient) in order to obtain a fix for this vulnerability. This upgrades the version of IBM Java SDK to 8.0 Service Refresh 7.

You can upgrade the platform by following the instructions in the “Upgrade Procedure” section in the IBM Security QRadar SOAR Platform documentation.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None