RedHat: RHSA-2021-1444:01 Moderate: OpenJDK 8u292 Security Update for
Summary
The OpenJDK 8 packages provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and
the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.
This release of the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 8 (1.8.0.292) for portable
Linux serves as a replacement for the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 8
(1.8.0.282) 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):
* OpenJDK: Incomplete enforcement of JAR signing disabled algorithms
(Libraries, 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.
Summary
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openjdk/8/html/installing_and
_using_openjdk_8_for_rhel/installing-openjdk8-on-rhel#installing-jdk8-on-rh
el-using-archive
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-2163 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?downloadType=distributions&product=core.service.openjdk&version=1.8.0.292 https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openjdk/8/html/installing_and_using_openjdk_8_for_rhel/installing-openjdk8-on-rhel#installing-jdk8-on-rhel-using-archive https://openjdk.org/groups/vulnerability/advisories/2021-04-20
Package List
Topic
The Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 8 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) is now available forportable Linux.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.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Bugs Fixed
1951217 - CVE-2021-2163 OpenJDK: Incomplete enforcement of JAR signing disabled algorithms (Libraries, 8249906)