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Red Hat: RHSA-2021-2778-01 Critical: OpenJDK 8u302 Security Issues

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The recent OpenJDK 8u302 release from Red Hat significantly enhances security by fixing several vulnerabilities, ensuring the safety of portable Linux environments.
The Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 8 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) is now available for portable Linux

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:

_using_openjdk_8_for_rhel/installing-openjdk8-on-rhel#installing-jdk8-on-rh el-using-archive

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 (1.8.0.302) for portable Linux serves as a replacement for the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 8 (1.8.0.292) 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: 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)
* OpenJDK: Incorrect comparison during range check elimination (Hotspot, 8264066) (CVE-2021-2388)
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

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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

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:2778-01
Product: OpenJDK
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2778
Issue date: 2021-07-22
Keywords: openjdk,linux

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 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 network security Red Hat critical update important java OpenJDK

Relevant Releases Architectures

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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