Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance is affected by vulnerabilities in the IBM Runtime Environment, Java Technology Edition (CVE-2023-21930 and CVE-2023-21967)

Summary

Issues were identified with IBM Runtime Environment, Java Technology Edition, Version 8 which is shipped with IBM MQ

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-21930
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition related to the JSSE component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause high confidentiality impact and high integrity impact.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/253115 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-21967
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition related to the JSSE component could allow a remote attacker to cause high availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/253156 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

This vulnerability is addressed under IT44043

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

IBM MQ Appliance version 9.2 LTS

Apply IBM MQ Appliance 9.2.0.16 cumulative security update, or later firmware.

IBM MQ Appliance version 9.3 LTS

Apply IBM MQ Appliance 9.3.0.10 fix pack, or later firmware.

IBM MQ Appliance version 9.3 CD

Apply IBM MQ Appliance 9.3.3.1 cumulative security update, or later firmware.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None