Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime affect Rational Functional Tester

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 1.8 and IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 1.8 used by Rational Functional Tester. Rational Functional Tester has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-14803
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190121 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

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

Remediation/Fixes

Download IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 8R0 Service Refresh 6 Fix Pack 25 from the Fix Central and apply it.

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm%2FRational%2FRational%20Functional%20Tester&fixids=Rational-RFT-JavaPatch-Java8SR6FP25&source=SAR&function=fixId&parent=ibm/Rational

Workarounds and Mitigations

None