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Calendar Grey March 7, 2024
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 40 has rolled out a vital update for byte-buddy, fixing serious type confusion vulnerabilities. Users must apply this patch promptly to boost security and lower risks.
Change for system JDK from 17 to 21

Summary

Byte Buddy is a code generation library for creating Java classes during the

runtime of a Java application and without the help of a compiler. Other than

the code generation utilities that ship with the Java Class Library, Byte Buddy

allows the creation of arbitrary classes and is not limited to implementing

interfaces for the creation of runtime proxies.

Update Information:

Change for system JDK from 17 to 21. upstream security release 122.0.6261.94 High CVE-2024-1938: Type Confusion in V8 High CVE-2024-1939: Type Confusion in V8 fixed bug with requires Automatic update for lucene-9.9.2-1.fc40. bump java source/target to 1.8, fixes 2266639

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity Fedora Java update Type Confusion byte buddy

Change Log

* Sat Mar 2 2024 Jiri Vanek - 1.14.2-8 - Rebuilt for java-21-openjdk as system jdk * Tue Feb 20 2024 Marian Koncek - 1.14.2-7 - Update Java source/target to 8

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2123726 - consoleImageViewer crashes at start https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2123726 [ 2 ] Bug #2261062 - directory-maven-plugin: FTBFS in Fedora rawhide/f40 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2261062 [ 3 ] Bug #2266639 - directory-maven-plugin fails to build with java-21-openjdk https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2266639 [ 4 ] Bug #2266934 - CVE-2024-1938 chromium: type confusion [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2266934 [ 5 ] Bug #2266937 - CVE-2024-1939 chromium: type confusion [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2266937 [ 6 ] Bug #2267486 - Include Java 21 as system Java Change in Fedora 40 Beta https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2267486

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-129d8ca6fc' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: byte-buddy
Product: Fedora 40
Version: 1.14.2
Release: 8.fc40
URL: http://bytebuddy.net/
Summary: Runtime code generation for the Java virtual machine

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity Fedora Java update Type Confusion byte buddy

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