📢 New IBM security bulletin – Java vulnerabilities
🚨 IBM has identified 6 security vulnerabilities affecting IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime for IBM i.
These vulnerabilities could compromise the confidentiality of users 🛑 and are mainly caused by components external to the program.
🔎 As a reminder: IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime are essential for running Java applications. A flaw in these systems can have a critical impact on data security.
⚠️ Details of identified vulnerabilities
🔹 2 vulnerabilities (CVSS 5.9) in Java SE 📌
✔️ Affect VM and Scripting components
🔹 1 vulnerability (CVSS 4.7) in Java SE 🔍
✔️ Affects the VM component
🔹 2 vulnerabilities (CVSS 7.4) in Java SE 🔥
✔️ 1 in the VM component
✔️ 1 in the Security component
🚨 [CVE-2023-33850] Critical flaw (CVSS 7.5) – IBM GSKit-Crypto
🔹 Impact: This flaw in the RSA decryption implementation could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. 🛑
🔹 How can this be achieved? By sending a large number of test messages, the attacker could exploit a time-based side channel to extract confidential data.
📌 Source & official details : 🔗 See the IBM alert
✅ Recommended measures
💡 IBM strongly recommends updating affected versions to correct these vulnerabilities.
✔️ If you’re using an unsupported version, update it immediately!
✔️ If you run your own Java code via IBM Java Runtime, assess whether these vulnerabilities impact you.
⚠️ Don’t delay in securing your Java environment!
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