Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect AIX

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition, Version 8 used by AIX. AIX has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-21085
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to cause low availability impacts.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/288000 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)

CVEID:CVE-2023-38264
**DESCRIPTION:**The IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition’s Object Request Broker (ORB) 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.5.21 and 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.8.21 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack in some circumstances due to improper enforcement of the JEP 290 MaxRef and MaxDepth deserialization filters. IBM X-Force ID: 260578.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/260578 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

The following fileset levels (VRMF) are vulnerable, if the respective Java version is installed:

For Java8: Less than 8.0.0.825

Note: To find out whether the affected Java filesets are installed on your systems, refer to the lslpp command found in AIX user’s guide.

Example: lslpp -L | grep -i java

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

Note: Recommended remediation is to always install the most recent Java package available for the respective Java version.

IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 8 Service Refresh 8 Fix Pack 25 and subsequent releases:

32-bit

64-bit

Workarounds and Mitigations

None