Security Bulletin: IBM Java XML vulnerability affects Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud due to CVE-2022-21299 deferred from Oracle Jan 2022 CPU

Summary

CVE-2022-21299 was disclosed as part of the Oracle January 2022 Critical Patch Update and it affects Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-21299
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JAXP 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/217594 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)

Affected Products and Versions

These vulnerabilities affect all versions of Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud up to and including v3.68.

Remediation/Fixes

To upgrade to Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud v3.69-20220426-1537or higher, you must re-stage or re-push your application

To find the current version of Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud being used, from the command-line Cloud Foundry client by running the following commands:

cf ssh <appname> -c “cat staging_info.yml”

Look for similar lines:

{“detected_buildpack”:“Liberty for Java™ (WAR, liberty-22.0.0_3, v3.69-20220426-1537, ibmjdk-1.8.0_sr7-20211025, env)“,”start_command”:“.liberty/initial_startup.rb”}

To re-stage your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:

cf restage <appname>

To re-push your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:

cf push <appname>

Workarounds and Mitigations

None