Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Internet Pass-Thru is vulnerable to an issue within IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7. (CVE-2022-21496)

Summary

IBM MQ Internet Pass-Thru has addressed the following vulnerability in the IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7 used by IBM MQ Internet Pass-Thru.

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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM WebSphere Internet Pass-Thru version 2.1 IBM strongly recommends that you address this vulnerability now by upgrading the MQIPT JRE to the latest available on the MS81: IBM MQ Internet Pass-Thru SupportPac page.

Note: This MQ IPT 2.1 JRE update is provided on Solaris platforms only, for users with appropriate extended support entitlement. Users of MQ IPT 2.1 on all other platforms should migrate to MQ IPT 9.2.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None