Buffer Overflow Affecting java-1.8.0-ibm-headless package, versions <1:1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed1 Mar 2019
Introduced: 1 Mar 2019
CVE-2018-12547 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 java-1.8.0-ibm-headless to version 1:1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:1238.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream java-1.8.0-ibm-headless package and not the java-1.8.0-ibm-headless package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
In Eclipse OpenJ9, prior to the 0.12.0 release, the jio_snprintf() and jio_vsnprintf() native methods ignored the length parameter. This affects existing APIs that called the functions to exceed the allocated buffer. This functions were not directly callable by non-native user code.