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Fedora 40: javassist High Type Confusion Vulnerability CVE-2024-1938

fedora
Calendar Grey March 7, 2024
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Debian 12 addresses significant challenges with guava package dependencies as it embarks on a vital library update to enhance overall performance stability.
Change for system JDK from 17 to 21

Summary

Javassist enables Java programs to define a new class at runtime and to

modify a class file when the JVM loads it. Unlike other similar

bytecode editors, Javassist provides two levels of API: source level

and bytecode level. If the users use the source-level API, they can

edit a class file without knowledge of the specifications of the Java

bytecode. The whole API is designed with only the vocabulary of the

Java language. You can even specify inserted bytecode in the form of

source text; Javassist compiles it on the fly. On the other hand, the

bytecode-level API allows the users to directly edit a class file as

other editors.

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 security issue fedora type confusion javassist

Change Log

* Sat Mar 2 2024 Jiri Vanek - 3.30.2-4 - Rebuilt for java-21-openjdk as system jdk

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

Name: javassist
Product: Fedora 40
Version: 3.30.2
Release: 4.fc40
URL: https://www.javassist.org/
Summary: Java Programming Assistant for Java bytecode manipulation

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity security issue fedora type confusion javassist

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