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Gentoo: GLSA-202101-19 Normal: OpenJDK Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey January 24, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The Gentoo advisory on OpenJDK highlights critical vulnerabilities that risk arbitrary code execution, necessitating urgent patching and attention to mitigate these threats
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenJDK, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenJDK. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution software fix arbitrary execution normal normal severity openjdk

Resolution

All OpenJDK users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/openjdk-8.272_p10"
All OpenJDK (binary) users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/openjdk-bin-8.272_p10"
All OpenJDK JRE (binary) users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=dev-java/openjdk-jre-bin-8.272_p10"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-14779 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14779 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-14781 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14781 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-14782 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14782 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-14792 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14792 [ 5 ] CVE-2020-14796 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14796 [ 6 ] CVE-2020-14797 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14797 [ 7 ] CVE-2020-14798 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14798 [ 8 ] CVE-2020-14803 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14803 [ 9 ] CVE-2020-2583 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2583 [ 10 ] CVE-2020-2590 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2590 [ 11 ] CVE-2020-2593 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2593 [ 12 ] CVE-2020-2601 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2601 [ 13 ] CVE-2020-2604 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2604 [ 14 ]...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-19
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: OpenJDK: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 25, 2021
Bugs: #705992, #750833
ID: 202101-19

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenJDK, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background

OpenJDK is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-java/openjdk < 8.272_p10 >= 8.272_p10 2 dev-java/openjdk-bin < 8.272_p10 >= 8.272_p10 3 dev-java/openjdk-jre-bin < 8.272_p10 >= 8.272_p10 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 affected packages

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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