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RedHat 8 RHSA-2021:1301-01 Moderate OpenJDK Security Update

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Calendar Grey April 20, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Essential security patch released for java-1.8.0-openjdk on Red Hat, focusing on significant vulnerability risks for Enterprise Linux users.
An update for java-1.8.0-openjdk 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 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: Incomplete enforcement of JAR signing disabled algorithms (8249906) (CVE-2021-2163)
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 red hat security fix moderate impact linux openjdk java update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-2163 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.src.rpm
aarch64: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-debugsource-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-debuginfo-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-slowdebug-debuginfo-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-debuginfo-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-slowdebug-debuginfo-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-debuginfo-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-slowdebug-debuginfo-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-slowdebug-debuginfo-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
noarch: java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.noarch.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip-1.8.0.292.b10-0.el8_3.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:1301-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1301
Issue date: 2021-04-20

Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 8.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 red hat security fix moderate impact linux openjdk java update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1951217 - CVE-2021-2163 OpenJDK: Incomplete enforcement of JAR signing disabled algorithms (Libraries, 8249906)

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