Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime affects Rational Business Developer

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7 and 8 and IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 7 and 8 used by Rational Business Developer. Rational Business Developer has provided a fix for the applicable CVE. This issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK and Runtime Environment update deferred from Oracle Oct 2021 CPU (CVE-2021-35561).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-35561
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Utility 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/211637 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

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by installing this fix or a newer iFix or Fix Pack.

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7ERational&product=ibm/Rational/Rational+Business+Developer&release=9.5.0&platform=All&function=all

| RBD-9.5-PSIRT-JRE-8.0.7.10
Rational Business Developer | 9.6 - 9.6.0.1 | None |

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7ERational&product=ibm/Rational/Rational+Business+Developer&release=9.6&platform=All&function=all

| RBD-9.6-PSIRT-JRE-8.0.7.10
Rational Business Developer | 9.7 | None | https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Rational&product=ibm/Rational/Rational+Business+Developer&release=9.7.0&platform=All&function=all | RBD-9.7-PSIRT-JRE-8.0.7.10

Workarounds and Mitigations

None