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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java affects IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (CVE-2020-27221)

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® Java™ versions 7 & 8 used by IBM CPLEX Optimization Studio. IBM CPLEX Optimization Studio has addressed the applicable CVE.

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

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (COS)20.1
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (COS)12.10
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (COS)12.9
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (COS)12.8
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (COS)12.7.1
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (COS)12.7

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to download and install the appropriate version of IBM JRE as soon as practicable.
Before installing a newer version of IBM JRE, please ensure that you:

  • Close any open programs that you may have running;
  • Rename the initial directory of the IBM JRE (for example: with a .old at the end),
  • Download and install the appropriate IBM JRE version.


IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio



You must verify that applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.
Here are the detailed instructions for updating IBM JRE.

For Mac OS, HP-UX and Solaris, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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IBM® Java™ SDK Security Bulletin (January 2021 Critical Patch Update)



Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

16 Mar 2021: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 March 2021

UID

ibm16430677

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