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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2021.0937
           Security Bulletin: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition,
                       Security Update February 2021
                               17 March 2021

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM SDK Java
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
                   Windows
Impact/Access:     Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
                   Denial of Service               -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2020-27221  

Reference:         ESB-2021.0811
                   ESB-2021.0562

Original Bulletin: 
   https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6430873

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Security Bulletin: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Security Update February
2021

Document Information

More support for:
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software

Software version:
9.6, 9.7

Operating system(s):
Windows, Mac OS, Linux

Document number:
6430873

Modified date:
16 March 2021 


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM(R) SDK Java(TM) Technology Edition, 8*
that are used by Rational Application Developer(R). These issues were disclosed
as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in February 2021.


Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-27221
DESCRIPTION:   Eclipse OpenJ9 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow
when the virtual machine or JNI natives are converting from UTF-8 characters to
platform encoding. By sending an overly long string, a remote attacker could
overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the
application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
195353 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)


Affected Products and Versions

Rational Application Developer 9.6, Rational Application Developer 9.7


Remediation/Fixes

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=
ibm%2FRational%2FIBM+Rational+Application+Developer+for+WebSphere+Software&
fixids=Rational-RAD-Java8SR6FP25_RAD_RSA-ifix&source=SAR


Workarounds and Mitigations

None


Change History

08 Mar 2021: Initial Publication


Document Location

Worldwide

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