Security Bulletin: Multiple CVEs may affect IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition shipped with IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms

Summary

CVE-2023-21930, CVE-2023-21967, CVE-2023-21954, CVE-2023-21939, CVE-2023-21968, CVE-2023-21937, CVE-2023-21938 and CVE-2023-2597 may affect IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition shipped with IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms. IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms has addressed the applicable CVEs.

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 Hotspot component could allow a remote attacker to cause high confidentiality impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/253166 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)

CVEID:CVE-2023-21954
**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)

CVEID:CVE-2023-21939
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition related to the Swing component could allow a remote attacker to cause integrity impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/253168 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-2023-21968
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and GraalVM Enterprise Edition related to the Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause low integrity impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/253083 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-21937
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition related to the Networking component could allow a remote attacker to cause integrity impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/253167 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-21938
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker to cause integrity impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/253155 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-2597
**DESCRIPTION:**Eclipse Openj9 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the getCachedUTFString() function. By using specially crafted input, a local authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/255906 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

8.1

| Linux, AIX| PSIRT fixes for IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms 8.1 will only be provided for extended support customers on request through Salesforce case.
IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms|

8.2

| All supported platforms|

Fix Central Link

This fix is also available as part of TXSeries 8.2 latest fixpack which can be downloaded from Fix Central

IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms|

9.1

| Linux, AIX|

Fix Central Link

This fix is also available as part of TXSeries 9.1 latest fixpack which can be downloaded from Fix Central

Workarounds and Mitigations

None