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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RHSA-2021:2776-01 Important: Java Update

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Calendar Grey July 21, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat provides a significant patch for java-1.8.0-openjdk, targeting severe security vulnerabilities in Enterprise Linux 8.
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: Incorrect comparison during range check elimination (Hotspot, 8264066) (CVE-2021-2388)
* OpenJDK: FTP PASV command response can cause FtpClient to connect to arbitrary host (Networking, 8258432) (CVE-2021-2341)
* OpenJDK: Incorrect verification of JAR files with multiple MANIFEST.MF files (Library, 8260967) (CVE-2021-2369)
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 Enterprise Linux security impact Java update important advisory networking issue OpenJDK

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-2341 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-2369 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-2388 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.src.rpm
aarch64: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-debugsource-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-debuginfo-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-slowdebug-debuginfo-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-debuginfo-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-slowdebug-debuginfo-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-debuginfo-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-slowdebug-debuginfo-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-slowdebug-debuginfo-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
noarch: java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.noarch.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip-1.8.0.302.b08-0.el8_4.noarch.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:2776-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2776
Issue date: 2021-07-21

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 Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux security impact Java update important advisory networking issue OpenJDK

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64

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

Bugs Fixed

1982874 - CVE-2021-2341 OpenJDK: FTP PASV command response can cause FtpClient to connect to arbitrary host (Networking, 8258432)

1982879 - CVE-2021-2369 OpenJDK: Incorrect verification of JAR files with multiple MANIFEST.MF files (Library, 8260967)

1983075 - CVE-2021-2388 OpenJDK: Incorrect comparison during range check elimination (Hotspot, 8264066)

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