Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM JAVA JDK affects IBM Spectrum Scale (CVE-2022-21291)

Summary

A vulnerability in IBM JAVA JDK could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact. This library is used by the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of IBM Spectrum Scale.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-21291
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217586 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.5.13, apply V5.0.5.14 available from FixCentral at:

Fix central link : https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=5.0.5&platform=All&function=all

For IBM Spectrum Scale V5.1.0 through V5.1.3, apply V5.1.3.1 or later available from FixCentral at:

Fix central link : https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=5.1.3&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None