IBM Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime Affect Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware

Security Bulletin: CVE-2020-27221, CVE-2020-14782

Summary
Vulnerabilities in IBM Runtime Environment Java were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2020 and January 2021. IBM Runtime Environment Java is used by Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware and may be affected by the below vulnerabilities (CVEs).

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)

CVEID: CVE-2020-14782
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190100 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected products and versions:

Affected product(s)	Version(s)
Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware	4.1.0.0-4.1.6.11

Remediation/Fixes:

Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware Release	First Fixing VRM Level	*Platform*	*Link to Fix*
4.1	4.1.6.12	Linux	Link

Workarounds and mitigations:
None

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References:
Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Acknowledgement

Change history
June 14, 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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