Security Bulletin: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in IBM SDK Affects IBM Transformation Extender

2021-04-2614:36:41

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ibm

sdk

transformation extender

buffer overflow

vulnerability

remote code execution

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

74.6%

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Summary

A vulnerability in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Quarterly CPU - Jan 2021 affects IBM Transformation Extender.

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 Transformation Extender	9.0
WebSphere Transformation Extender	8.4.1
IBM Transformation Extender	10.0
IBM Transformation Extender	10.1

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)	APAR	Download URL
IBM Transformation Extender	9.0	PH35846	Link
WebSphere Transformation Extender	8.4.1	PH35846	Link
IBM Transformation Extender	10.0	PH35846	Link
IBM Transformation Extender	10.1	PH35846	Link