Out-of-Bounds Affecting java-1.8.0-ibm-devel package, versions <1:1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-JAVA180IBMDEVEL-3963937
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • 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:8 java-1.8.0-ibm-devel to version 1:1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:0736.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream java-1.8.0-ibm-devel package and not the java-1.8.0-ibm-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 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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