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Red Hat 8: RHSA-2021-0736-01 Critical: Java Update Security Advisory

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Calendar Grey March 4, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A new version of java-1.8.0-ibm has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, addressing serious security vulnerabilities and various improvements.
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-FP25.
Security Fix(es):
* IBM JDK: Stack-based buffer overflow when converting from UTF-8 characters to platform encoding (CVE-2020-27221)
* OpenJDK: Unexpected exceptions raised by DOMKeyInfoFactory and DOMXMLSignatureFactory (Security, 8231415) (CVE-2020-2773)
* OpenJDK: Credentials sent over unencrypted LDAP connection (JNDI, 8237990) (CVE-2020-14781)
* OpenJDK: Certificate blacklist bypass via alternate certificate encodings (Libraries, 8237995) (CVE-2020-14782)
* OpenJDK: Race condition in NIO Buffer boundary checks (Libraries, 8244136) (CVE-2020-14803)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update security issue Red Hat buffer overflow critical security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux stack overflow Java java update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-2773 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14781 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14782 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14803 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27221 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Supplementary:
ppc64le: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.s390x.rpm
x86_64: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.6.25-2.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:0736-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0736
Issue date: 2021-03-04

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 Critical. 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update security issue Red Hat buffer overflow critical security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux stack overflow Java java update

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Bugs Fixed

1823224 - CVE-2020-2773 OpenJDK: Unexpected exceptions raised by DOMKeyInfoFactory and DOMXMLSignatureFactory (Security, 8231415)

1889274 - CVE-2020-14781 OpenJDK: Credentials sent over unencrypted LDAP connection (JNDI, 8237990)

1889290 - CVE-2020-14782 OpenJDK: Certificate blacklist bypass via alternate certificate encodings (Libraries, 8237995)

1889895 - CVE-2020-14803 OpenJDK: Race condition in NIO Buffer boundary checks (Libraries, 8244136)

1928555 - CVE-2020-27221 IBM JDK: Stack-based buffer overflow when converting from UTF-8 characters to platform encoding

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