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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime affect TPF Toolkit

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition and IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ used by TPF Toolkit. TPF Toolkit has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-14579
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the 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/185057 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)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-14578
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the 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/185056 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)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-14577
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JSSE component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/185055 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
TPF Toolkit4.6
TPF Toolkit4.2

Remediation/Fixes

ProductVRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
TPF Toolkit4.6None Apply the appropriate fix from Fix Central for your platform:
TPF Toolkit4.2JR63199
  1. Install the latest version of IBM Installation Manager.
  2. Apply Interim Fix 4.2.19 by using IBM Installation Manager.
  3. Update the Java installation on the z/OS system or Linux on Z system (or both) that the TPF Toolkit connects to. Download the latest version of Java from http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities may affect IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition

Change History

11 Jan 2021: 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:
11 January 2021

Initial Publish date:
11 January 2021

UID

ibm16402517

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