Security Bulletin: IBM PowerVM Novalink is vulnerable because 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.(CVE-2024-20952)

Summary

IBM PowerVM Novalink is vulnerable because 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. (CVE-2024-20952, CVE-2024-20918, CVE-2024-20921, CVE-2024-20919, CVE-2024-20926, CVE-2024-20945, CVE-2023-33850)

Vulnerability Details

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-2024-20919
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to cause high integrity impact.
CVSS Base score: 4.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279785 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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)

CVEID:CVE-2023-33850
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM GSKit-Crypto could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a timing-based side channel in the RSA Decryption implementation. By sending an overly large number of trial messages for decryption, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 257132.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/257132 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading based on the table below.

Update to pvm-novalink-2.1.1-240415

or

Update to pvm-novalink-2.2.0-240415

PowerVM Novalink| 2.0.1|

Update to pvm-novalink-2.1.1-240415

or

Update to pvm-novalink-2.2.0-240415

PowerVM Novalink| 2.0.2|

Update to pvm-novalink-2.1.1-240415

or

Update to pvm-novalink-2.2.0-240415

PowerVM Novalink| 2.0.2.1|

Update to pvm-novalink-2.1.1-240415

or

Update to pvm-novalink-2.2.0-240415

PowerVM Novalink| 2.0.3|

Update to pvm-novalink-2.1.1-240415

or

Update to pvm-novalink-2.2.0-240415

PowerVM Novalink| 2.0.3.1|

Update to pvm-novalink-2.1.1-240415

or

Update to pvm-novalink-2.2.0-240415

PowerVM Novalink| 2.1.0|

Update to pvm-novalink-2.1.1-240415

or

Update to pvm-novalink-2.2.0-240415

PowerVM Novalink| 2.1.1|

Update to pvm-novalink-2.1.1-240415

or

Update to pvm-novalink-2.2.0-240415

PowerVM Novalink| 2.2.0|

Update to pvm-novalink-2.2.0-240415

Workarounds and Mitigations

None