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Red Hat 8 RHSA-2021:0530-01 Moderate: IBM Java Issues Reported

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Calendar Grey February 16, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
An upgrade for java-1.8.0-ibm has been released for Red Hat 8, addressing various vulnerabilities with a moderate level of security concern.
An update for java-1.8.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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 IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Summary

IBM Java SE version 8 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.
This update upgrades IBM Java SE 8 to version 8 SR6-FP20.
Security Fix(es):
* OpenJDK: Incomplete check for invalid characters in URI to path conversion (Libraries, 8242685) (CVE-2020-14797)
* OpenJDK: High memory usage during deserialization of Proxy class with many interfaces (Serialization, 8236862) (CVE-2020-14779)
* OpenJDK: Missing permission check in path to URI conversion (Libraries, 8242680) (CVE-2020-14796)
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 moderate red hat software update moderate impact Red Hat Enterprise security impact software security Java runtime java update java runtime java-1.8.0-ibm

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14779 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14796 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14797 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Supplementary:
ppc64le: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm
x86_64: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:0530-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0530
Issue date: 2021-02-16

Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate red hat software update moderate impact Red Hat Enterprise security impact software security Java runtime java update java runtime java-1.8.0-ibm

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Supplementary - ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1889271 - CVE-2020-14779 OpenJDK: High memory usage during deserialization of Proxy class with many interfaces (Serialization, 8236862)

1889697 - CVE-2020-14796 OpenJDK: Missing permission check in path to URI conversion (Libraries, 8242680)

1889717 - CVE-2020-14797 OpenJDK: Incomplete check for invalid characters in URI to path conversion (Libraries, 8242685)

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