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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java SDK (July 2021) affects IBM InfoSphere Information Server (CVE-2021-2432)

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in the IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 that is used by IBM InfoSphere Information Server. This issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2021.

Vulnerability Details

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
InfoSphere Information Server,
Information Server on Cloud
11.7

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMF

APAR

Remediation/First Fix

InfoSphere Information Server, Information Server on Cloud

11.7

JR63995

--Follow instructions in the README
--If not previously addressed, for AIX installations, see Technote for class not found errors related to ProviderExceptions, Failed to initialize IBMJCEPlus provider, and jgskit (Not found in java.library.path)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

08 Nov 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:
08 November 2021

Initial Publish date:
08 November 2021

UID

ibm16513935