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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM Java affects Power Hardware Management Console (CVE-2020-27221).

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6440911
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Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Java is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC 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)
HMC V9.1.910.0 V9.1.910.0 and later
HMC V9.2.950.0 V9.2.950.0 and later

Remediation/Fixes

 

Remediation/Fixes

  The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Product
VRMF
APAR
Remediation/Fix
Power HMC
V9.1.940.0 SP2 ppc
MB04280
Power HMC
      V9.1.940.0 SP2 x86_64
MB04278
Power HMC
V9.2.950.0 x86_64
MB04274
Power HMC
V9.2.950.0 ppc
MB04275

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Change History

11th April 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
22 September 2021

UID

ibm16440911