Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM SDK, Java Technology (CVE-2022-21496 and CVE-2022-21434) affects Power HMC

Summary

IBM Java is used by IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) for running java applications and services. This bulletin provides a remediation for the impacted vulnerabilities, CVE-2022-21496 and CVE-2022-21434 by upgrading IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) respective PTF and thus addressing the exposure to the java vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-21496
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JNDI component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/224777 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-21434
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/224718 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: <http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

Product

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VRMF

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APAR

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Remediation/Fix

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Power HMC

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V9.2.953.0 ppc

|

MB04359

|

MH01938

Power HMC

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V9.2.953.0 x86

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MB04358

|

MH01937

Power HMC

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V10.1.1020.0 ppc

|

MB04361

|

MF70300

Power HMC

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V10.1.1020.0 x86

|

MB04360

|

MF70299

Workarounds and Mitigations

None