Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Explorer is affected by a vulnerability in the IBM Semeru Runtime (CVE-2024-21085)

Summary

An issue was identified with IBM Semeru Runtime, Version 17, which is used in IBM MQ Explorer.

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)

Affected Products and Versions

The following installable MQ components are affected by the vulnerability:

- IBM MQ Explorer

If you are running any of these listed components, please apply the remediation/fixes as described below. For more information on the definitions of components used in this list see <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/installable-component-names-used-ibm-mq-security-bulletins&gt;

Remediation/Fixes

This issue was addressed under APAR IT46487.

IBM MQ version 9.3 CD

Apply interim fix for APAR IT46487

IBM MQ version 9.4 CD

Apply interim fix for APAR IT46487

Workarounds and Mitigations

None