Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition

Summary

This bulletin for IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition covers all applicable Java SE CVEs published by Oracle as part of their July 2024 Critical Patch Update, plus CVE-2024-27267. For more information please refer to Oracle’s July 2024 CPU Advisory and the X-Force database entries referenced below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-21147
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to cause high confidentiality, high integrity impacts.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/298469 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-2024-21145
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the 2D component could allow a remote attacker to cause low confidentiality, low integrity impacts.
CVSS Base score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/298467 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-21140
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to cause low confidentiality, low integrity impacts.
CVSS Base score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/298466 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-21144
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Concurrency component could allow a remote attacker to cause low availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/298470 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2024-21138
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to cause a low availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/298465 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2024-21131
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to cause low integrity impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/298464 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-2024-27267
**DESCRIPTION:**The Object Request Broker (ORB) in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition is vulnerable to remote denial of service, caused by a race condition in the management of ORB listener threads.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/284573 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

For detailed information on which CVEs affect which releases, please refer to the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Security Vulnerabilities page.

NOTE: CVE-2024-21147, CVE-2024-21140 and CVE-2024-21138 affect IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition on Solaris, HP-UX and Mac OS only.

Remediation/Fixes

7.1.5.23 (restricted access)
8.0.8.30

IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition releases can be downloaded, subject to the terms of the developerWorks license, from the Java Developer Center.

IBM customers requiring an update for an SDK shipped with an IBM product should contact IBM support, and/or refer to the appropriate product security bulletin.

APAR numbers are as follows:

IJ51871 (CVE-2024-21145)
IJ51873 (CVE-2024-21144)
IJ51918 (CVE-2024-21131)
IX90197 (CVE-2024-27267)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.