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Security Bulletin: Due to use of IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM) is vulnerable to denial of service

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Summary

IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, is used by IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM) and is vulnerable to a denial of service (CVE-2021-35560, CVE-2021-35586, CVE-2021-35578, CVE-2021-35564, CVE-2021-35559, CVE-2021-35556, CVE-2021-35565, CVE-2021-35588, CVE-2021-41035, CVE-2021-2341).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-35560
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Deployment 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/211636 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-2021-35586
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the ImageIO 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: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211661 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-35578
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JSSE 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: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211654 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-35564
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Keytool component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211640 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)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-35559
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Swing 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: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211635 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-35556
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Swing 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: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211632 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-35565
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JSSE 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: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211641 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-35588
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM 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: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211662 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-41035
DESCRIPTION:   Eclipse Openj9 could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by not throwing IllegalAccessError for MethodHandles that invoke inaccessible interface methods. By persuading a victim to execute a specially-crafted program under a security manager, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212010 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-2341
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Networking component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205768 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager7.3.0.0-7.3.0.9

Remediation/Fixes

In order to fix this vulnerability, java is to be upgraded to 8.0.7.0 for TADDM versions 7.3.0.5 - 7.3.0.9 or to 7.0.11.0 for TADDM versions 7.3.0.3 - 7.3.0.4.

Check java version installed on TADDM servers using the below command:

$COLLATION_HOME/external/<jdk- folder according to OS>/bin/java -version

  • For TADDM 7.3.0.5 - 7.3.0.9 (JAVA 8), if the above command output contains "SR6 FP10" or "8.0.6.10" or Higher as build in Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment information, apply efix for the new IBM SDK only, efix_jdk8.0.7.0_FP8201126.zip  given in Table-1 below.
  • For TADDM 7.3.0.3 - 7.3.0.4 (JAVA 7), if the above command output contains "SR10 FP65" or "7.0.10.65" or Higher as build in Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment information, apply efix for the new IBM SDK only, efix_jdk7.0.11.0_FP420171214.zip given in Table-1 below.
  • For all other cases,

          The remediation consists of 2 steps:

  1. Please contact IBM Support and open a case for a custom version of eFix "customJDK8.0.6.10" as this efix involves TADDM code changes. Include the current eFix level (ls -rlt etc/efix*), TADDM version and a link to this bulletin.
  2. Alongwith the above efix, apply efix for the new IBM SDK as per TADDM version given in table below.

 

Table-1:

Please get familiar with the eFix readme in etc/efix_readme.txt. These fixes for the respective FixPack(s) can be downloaded and applied directly.

Fix
VRMF                          
APARHow to acquire fix
efix_jdk8.0.7.0_FP8201126.zip
7.3.0.5 - 7.3.0.9
NoneDownload eFix
efix_jdk7.0.11.0_FP420171214.zip
7.3.0.3 - 7.3.0.4  
NoneDownload eFix

 

Table-2:

Below are the JREs :

Fix
VRMF                          
APARHow to acquire fix
ibm-java-jre-80-win-i386
7.3.0.5 - 7.3.0.8
NoneDownload eFix
ibm-java-jre-70-win-i386
7.3.0.3 - 7.3.0.4  
NoneDownload eFix

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

05 Feb 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:
19 April 2022

UID

ibm16557216