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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java affects IBM Decision Optimization Center (CVE-2020-2654)

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® Java™ Version 8 used by IBM Decision Optimization Center. IBM Decision Optimization Center has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-2654
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java™ SE related to the Java™ SE Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174601 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

Affected Products Versions
IBM Decision Optimization Center  3.9.1
IBM Decision Optimization Center  3.9.0.2
IBM Decision Optimization Center  3.9.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to download and install the IBM® Java™ SDK as soon as practicable.
Note that IBM® Java™ 6 is no longer supported anymore. IBM recommends upgrading to DOC 3.9.1 or subsequent releases.

Before installing a newer version of IBM® Java™ SDK, ensure that you:
  • Close any open programs that you have running;
  • Rename the initial directory of the IBM® Java™ SDK (for example: with a .old at the end),
  • Download and install IBM® Java™ SDK.


IBM Decision Optimization Center
IBM® Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 Service Refresh 6 Fix Pack 6 and subsequent releases
 

You must verify that applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.
Here are the detailed instructions for updating IBM® Java™ SDK.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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IBM® Java™ SDK Security Bulletin

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

10 April 2020: 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
10 April 2020

Initial Publish date:
10 April 2020

UID

ibm16177687

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