Out-of-Bounds Affecting java-1.7.1-ibm-devel package, versions <1:1.7.1.4.80-1jpp.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-JAVA171IBMDEVEL-7976568
  • published14 Sept 2024
  • disclosed12 Feb 2021

Introduced: 12 Feb 2021

CVE-2020-27221  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 java-1.7.1-ibm-devel to version 1:1.7.1.4.80-1jpp.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:0733.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream java-1.7.1-ibm-devel package and not the java-1.7.1-ibm-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Eclipse OpenJ9 up to and including version 0.23, there is potential for a stack-based buffer overflow when the virtual machine or JNI natives are converting from UTF-8 characters to platform encoding.

CVSS Scores

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