Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect IBM® Semeru Runtime

Summary

This bulletin covers all applicable Java SE CVEs published by OpenJDK as part of their January 2024 Vulnerability Advisory, plus CVE-2024-22361. For more information please refer to OpenJDK’s January 2024 Vulnerability Advisory and the X-Force database entries referenced below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-22361
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Semeru Runtime uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281222 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)

CVEID:CVE-2024-20932
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Security component could allow a remote attacker to cause high integrity impact.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279715 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-20952
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Security component could allow a remote attacker to cause high confidentiality impact and high integrity impact.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279685 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-20918
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to cause high confidentiality impact and high integrity impact.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279718 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-20921
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to cause high confidentiality impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279734 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)

CVEID:CVE-2024-20926
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Scripting component could allow a remote attacker to cause high confidentiality impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279716 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)

CVEID:CVE-2024-20945
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a local authenticated attacker to cause high confidentiality impact.
CVSS Base score: 4.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279775 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

For detailed information on which CVEs affect which releases, please refer to the IBM Semeru Runtimes Security Vulnerabilities page.

Remediation/Fixes

8.0.402.0
11.0.22.0
17.0.10.0
21.0.2.0

IBM Semeru Runtime releases can be downloaded from the GitHub repositories for Semeru 8, Semeru 11, and Semeru 17, and the IBM Semeru Developer Center.

IBM customers requiring an update for an SDK shipped with an IBM product should contact IBM support, and/or refer to the appropriate product security bulletin.

APAR numbers are as follows:

IJ49774 (CVE-2024-20932)
IJ49776 (CVE-2024-20952)
IJ49800 (CVE-2024-20918)
IJ49777 (CVE-2024-20921)
IJ49779 (CVE-2024-20926)
IJ49782 (CVE-2024-20945)
IJ50001 (CVE-2024-22361)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None