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Security Bulletin: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Security Update October 2021

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, 8* that are used by Rational Application Developer®. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2021. IBM 8 Fix SR7 FP5 (8.0.7.5).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-35550
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JSSE component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211627 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
Rational Application Developer9.6
Rational Application Developer9.7

Remediation/Fixes

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm%2FRational%2FIBM+Rational+Application+Developer+for+WebSphere+Software&fixids=Rational-RAD-Java8SR7FP5_RAD_RSA-ifix&source=SAR&function=fixId&parent=ibm/Rational

 

An additional setting is required to make WAS administrative connections work after applying the fix. Please follow Technote

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6584349

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-sdk-security-vulnerabilities

Change History

25 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
27 June 2022

Initial Publish date:
25 June 2022

UID

ibm16598821

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