Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Java is used by IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) for running java applications and services. This bulletin provides a remediation for the impacted vulnerabilities, CVE-2021-41041 by upgrading IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) respective PTF and thus addressing the exposure to the java vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-41041
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse Openj9 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by failing to throw the exception captured during bytecode verification when verification. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to make unverified methods to be invoked using MethodHandles.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225398 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
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| HMC V10.1.1010.0 | V10.1.1010.0 |
| HMC V9.2.950.0 | V9.2.950.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
|
Product
|
VRMF
|
APAR
|
Remediation/Fix
|
|
Power HMC
|
V9.2.953.0 ppc
|
MB04359
| |
|
Power HMC
|
V9.2.953.0 x86
|
MB04358
| |
|
Power HMC
|
V10.1.1020.0 ppc
|
MB04361
| |
|
Power HMC
|
V10.1.1020.0 x86
|
MB04360
|
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
27 Sep 2022: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
28 September 2022
UID
ibm16824749