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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2021:1307-01 Moderate Java Update

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Calendar Grey April 20, 2021
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Recent update for java-11-openjdk released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Implement patches to enhance system security.
An update for java-11-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-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 security issue threat mitigation red hat enterprise 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-11-openjdk-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.src.rpm
aarch64: java-11-openjdk-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-debuginfo-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-debugsource-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-demo-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-devel-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-devel-debuginfo-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-devel-slowdebug-debuginfo-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-headless-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-headless-debuginfo-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-headless-slowdebug-debuginfo-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-javadoc-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-javadoc-zip-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-jmods-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-slowdebug-debuginfo-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-src-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-static-libs-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: java-11-openjdk-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm java-11-openjdk-debuginfo-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm java-11-openjdk-debugsource-11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:1307-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1307
Issue date: 2021-04-20

Topic

An update for java-11-openjdk 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue threat mitigation red hat enterprise linux openjdk java update

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Bugs Fixed

1943341 - Build static libraries with bundled sources [rhel-8] [rhel-8.3.0.z]

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

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