Security Bulletin
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-2022-21541, CVE-2022-21540, CVE-2021-2163).
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2022-21541
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/231568 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2022-21540
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/231567 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2021-2163
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/200292 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager | 7.3.0.0 - 7.3.0.9 |
Remediation/Fixes
In order to fix this vulnerability, Java needs to be upgraded to 8.0.7.15 for TADDM versions 7.3.0.5 - 7.3.0.9 or to 7.0.11.15 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_jdk8.0.7.15_FP9211123.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_jdk7.0.11.15_FP420171214.zip given in Table-1 below.
- For TADDM 7.3.0.0 - 7.3.0.2 (JAVA 7), Please upgrade to IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager Version 7.3.0.3 or later (Preferably the latest release 7.3.0.10). For TADDM version 7.3.0.10, there is no need to apply the above mentioned Java e-fixes. For other lower TADDM versions, you need apply the above mentioned Java e-fixes.
- For all other cases:
The remediation consists of 2 steps:
- 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.
- Along with the above efix, apply efix for the new IBM SDK as per TADDM version given in table below.
Table-1:
Please review the eFix readme in etc/efix_readme.txt. The fixes for the respective FixPack(s) can be downloaded and applied directly.
| Fix |
VRMF
| APAR | How to acquire fix |
| efix_jdk8.0.7.15_FP9211123.zip |
7.3.0.5 - 7.3.0.9
| None | Download eFix |
| efix_jdk7.0.11.15_FP420171214.zip |
7.3.0.3 - 7.3.0.4
| None | Download eFix |
Table-2:
Below are the JREs :
| Fix |
VRMF
| APAR | How to acquire fix |
| ibm-java-jre-80-win-i386 |
7.3.0.5 - 7.3.0.9
| None | Download eFix |
| ibm-java-jre-70-win-i386 |
7.3.0.3 - 7.3.0.4
| None | Download eFix |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
25 Nov 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 Information
Modified date:
09 December 2022
Initial Publish date:
25 November 2022
UID
ibm16846561