Security Bulletin
Summary
CVE-2022-21299 was disclosed as part of the Oracle January 2022 Critical Patch Update and it affects Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2022-21299
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JAXP 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/217594 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
These vulnerabilities affect all versions of Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud up to and including v3.68.
Remediation/Fixes
To upgrade to Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud v3.69-20220426-1537or higher, you must re-stage or re-push your application
To find the current version of Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud being used, from the command-line Cloud Foundry client by running the following commands:
cf ssh <appname> -c "cat staging_info.yml"
Look for similar lines:
{“detected_buildpack”:“Liberty for Java(TM) (WAR, liberty-22.0.0_3, v3.69-20220426-1537, ibmjdk-1.8.0_sr7-20211025, env)“,”start_command”:“.liberty/initial_startup.rb”}
To re-stage your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:
cf restage <appname>
To re-push your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:
cf push <appname>
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
10 Jun 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:
07 October 2022
UID
ibm16594181