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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2020-2985-01 Critical Update for OpenJDK

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Calendar Grey July 16, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical security patch released for java-1.8.0-openjdk tackling various vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
An update for java-1.8.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

All running instances of OpenJDK Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Summary

The java-1.8.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.
Security Fix(es):
* OpenJDK: Bypass of boundary checks in nio.Buffer via concurrent access (Libraries, 8238920) (CVE-2020-14583)
* OpenJDK: Incomplete bounds checks in Affine Transformations (2D, 8240119) (CVE-2020-14593)
* OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of access control context in ForkJoinPool (Libraries, 8237117) (CVE-2020-14556)
* OpenJDK: Unexpected exception raised by DerInputStream (Libraries, 8237731) (CVE-2020-14578)
* OpenJDK: Unexpected exception raised by DerValue.equals() (Libraries, 8237736) (CVE-2020-14579)
* OpenJDK: XML validation manipulation due to incomplete application of the use-grammar-pool-only feature (JAXP, 8242136) (CVE-2020-14621)
* OpenJDK: HostnameChecker does not ensure X.509 certificate names are in normalized form (JSSE, 8237592) (CVE-2020-14577)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue red hat access control important memory management java

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14556 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14577 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14578 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14579 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14583 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14593 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14621 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386: java-1.8.0-openjdk-debug-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-debug-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-debug-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-debug-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-debug-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.i686.rpm
noarch: java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.noarch.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-debug-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.noarch.rpm
x86_64: java-1.8.0-openjdk-debug-1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:2985-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2985
Issue date: 2020-07-16

Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue red hat access control important memory management java

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1856448 - CVE-2020-14583 OpenJDK: Bypass of boundary checks in nio.Buffer via concurrent access (Libraries, 8238920)

1856784 - CVE-2020-14593 OpenJDK: Incomplete bounds checks in Affine Transformations (2D, 8240119)

1856885 - CVE-2020-14621 OpenJDK: XML validation manipulation due to incomplete application of the use-grammar-pool-only feature (JAXP, 8242136)

1856896 - CVE-2020-14556 OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of access control context in ForkJoinPool (Libraries, 8237117)

1856988 - CVE-2020-14577 OpenJDK: HostnameChecker does not ensure X.509 certificate names are in normalized form (JSSE, 8237592)

1856991 - CVE-2020-14578 OpenJDK: Unexpected exception raised by DerInputStream (Libraries, 8237731)

1856995 - CVE-2020-14579 OpenJDK: Unexpected exception raised by DerValue.equals() (Libraries, 8237736)

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