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Security Bulletin: IBM SDK, Java Tech Edition Quarterly CPU Jul 2021 - Includes Oracle Jul 2021 CPU (minus CVE-2021-2341)

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Summary

This Security Bulletin provides steps for updating Java for IBM DataQuant.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-2388
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205815 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-2369
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Library component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205796 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-2432
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JNDI 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/205856 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 Product(s)Version(s)
DataQuant for z/OS2.1

Remediation/Fixes

Please see 'Workarounds and Mitigations'

Workarounds and Mitigations

Steps to update JRE - DataQuant: 
  1. Close DataQuant.
  2. Download JRE (IBM_DevelopmentPackage_for_Eclipse_Win_X86_32_6.0.35) and extract the files to a temporary location.
  3. Replace jre folder at the install directory location –> “C:\Program Files\IBM\IBM DataQuant\DataQuant for Workstation”.        Replace with contents in step # 2.
  4. Download eclipse oxygen from https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/oxygen/3a/eclipse-jee-oxygen-3a-win32-x86_64.zip
  5. Extract the eclipse oxygen and copy the plugin - org.apache.jasper.glassfish_2.2.2.v201501141630.jar from eclipse-jee-oxygen-3a-win32-x86_64\eclipse\plugins
  6. Copy org.apache.jasper.glassfish_2.2.2.v201501141630.jar  in the folder where DataQuant is installed - C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\IBM DataQuant\DataQuant for Workstation\plugins
  7. Delete the older plugin org.apache.jasper.glassfish_2.2.2.v201205150955.jar from the DataQuant install directory.

 

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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

Change History

22 Sep 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.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
22 September 2021

Initial Publish date:
22 September 2021

UID

ibm16491697

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