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Red Hat: RHSA-2021-0945-01 Moderate: OpenJDK 11 Container Security

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Calendar Grey March 19, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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The Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 11 (container images) is now available from the Red Hat Customer Portal

Solution

Before applying the update, back up your existing installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and so on.

The References section of this erratum contains a link to the updated containers.

Summary

The OpenJDK 11 container images provide the OpenJDK 11 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 11 Java Software Development Kit.
This release of the Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 11 (openjdk-11-rhel7:1.1-12 and ubi8-openjdk-11:1.3-10) serves as a replacement for the Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 11 (openjdk-11-rhel7:1.1-11 and ubi8-openjdk-11:1.3-9), and includes security and bug fixes, and enhancements. For further information, refer to the release notes linked to in the References section.
Security Fix(es):
* ubi8/openjdk-11: containers/openjdk: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges (CVE-2021-20264)
* openjdk/openjdk-11-rhel7: containers/openjdk: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges (CVE-2021-20264)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat red hat moderate severity openjdk OpenJDK privileged access container security container privileges issue

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20264 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/articles/4859371 https://catalog.redhat.com/en/software/containers/openjdk/openjdk-11-rhel7/5bf57185dd19c775cddc4ce5?tag=1.1-12&push_date=1616089599000

Package List


Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:0945-01
Product: OpenJDK
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0945
Issue date: 2021-03-19
Keywords: openjdk,images

Topic

The Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 11 (container images) is now available fromthe Red Hat Customer Portal.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 red hat moderate severity openjdk OpenJDK privileged access container security container privileges issue

Relevant Releases Architectures

Bugs Fixed

1932283 - CVE-2021-20264 containers/openjdk: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges

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