Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Service is vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities due to IBM Java

Summary

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Service uses IBM Java SE which is vulnerable to multiple CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-21094
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/287959 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-2024-21085
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to cause low availability impacts.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/288000 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-2024-21011
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM 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/288020 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-2023-38264
**DESCRIPTION:**The IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition’s Object Request Broker (ORB) 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.5.21 and 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.8.21 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack in some circumstances due to improper enforcement of the JEP 290 MaxRef and MaxDepth deserialization filters. IBM X-Force ID: 260578.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/260578 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

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading …

Product(s)|Version(s)|**Remediation/Fix
**
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IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services (Certified Container)| All| Latest fix uploaded with IBM JRE
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services| 6.3| Apply 6.3.0.9, available on Fix Central
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services| 6.1| Apply 6.1.0.25, available on Fix Central
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services| 6.2| Apply 6.2.0.24, available on Fix Central
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services| 6.0| Upgrade to 6.1.0.25, 6.2.0.24, or 6.3.0.9

Workarounds and Mitigations

None