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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Java™ may affect IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (CVE-2022-21360, CVE-2022-21365)

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Versions 7 & 8 used by IBM CPLEX Optimization Studio. IBM CPLEX Optimization Studio has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-21365
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/217659 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-2022-21360
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/217654 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (COS)20.1.0.1
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (COS)20.1
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (COS)12.10
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (COS)12.9
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (COS)12.8
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (COS)12.7.1
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (COS)12.7

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to download and install the appropriate version of IBM JRE as soon as practicable.
Before installing a newer version of IBM JRE, please ensure that you:

  • Close any open programs that you may have running;
  • Rename the initial directory of the IBM JRE (for example: with a .old at the end),
  • Download and install the appropriate IBM JRE version.

 

IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio
 

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

For Mac OS, HP-UX and Solaris, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.

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 (January 2022 Critical Patch Update)

 

 

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

17 Mar 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.

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:
17 March 2022

UID

ibm16564307

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