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Red Hat: RHSA-2021-1305-01 Moderate: OpenJDK JAR Signing Issue

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Calendar Grey April 20, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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An update for java-11-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

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-11-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 11 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 11 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 moderate Red Hat security impact Java Runtime OpenJDK JAR signing

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 EUS (v. 8.1):
Source: java-11-openjdk-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.src.rpm
aarch64: java-11-openjdk-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-debuginfo-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-debugsource-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-demo-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-devel-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-devel-debuginfo-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-devel-slowdebug-debuginfo-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-headless-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-headless-debuginfo-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-headless-slowdebug-debuginfo-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-javadoc-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-javadoc-zip-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-jmods-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-slowdebug-debuginfo-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-src-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: java-11-openjdk-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm java-11-openjdk-debuginfo-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm java-11-openjdk-debugsource-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm java-11-openjdk-demo-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:1305-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1305
Issue date: 2021-04-20

Topic

An update for java-11-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.1 Extended Update Support.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 security impact Java Runtime OpenJDK JAR signing

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

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