Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager Jan 2021 CPU (CVE-2020-27221)

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition used by IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in Jan 2021.

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

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the corresponding fix to IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager. To select the fix you need to apply in your environment, click on ‘Download link’ in the table below.

If you are running IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager 4.1.0.0 to 4.1.0.1, please apply interim fix “4.1.0.1-TIV-SAAMR-<OS>-IF0018” where <OS> represents the operating system for which you want to install the interim fix of this product version. You can apply this interim fix on top of any fixpack of version 4.1.0.0 to 4.1.0.1.

If you are running IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager 4.1.0.2, please apply interim fix “4.1.0.2-TIV-SAAMR-<OS>-IF0008” where <OS> represents the operating system for which you want to install the interim fix of this product version. You can apply this interim fix on top of any fixpack of version 4.1.0.2.

If you are running IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager 4.1.0.3, please apply interim fix “4.1.0.3-TIV-SAAMR-<OS>-IF0004” where <OS> represents the operating system for which you want to install the interim fix of this product version. You can apply this interim fix on top of any fixpack of version 4.1.0.3.

If you are running IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager 4.1.0.4, please apply interim fix “4.1.0.4-TIV-SAAMR-<OS>-IF0001” where <OS> represents the operating system for which you want to install the interim fix of this product version. You can apply this interim fix on top of any fixpack of version 4.1.0.4.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None