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Red Hat: RHSA-2021:3891 Important: Java-11-OpenJDK TLS Security Issues

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Calendar Grey October 20, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The latest update for java-11-openjdk by Red Hat tackles critical security vulnerabilities, improving safety for its users.
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: Loop in HttpsServer triggered during TLS session close (JSSE, 8254967) (CVE-2021-35565)
* OpenJDK: Incorrect principal selection when using Kerberos Constrained Delegation (Libraries, 8266689) (CVE-2021-35567)
* OpenJDK: Weak ciphers preferred over stronger ones for TLS (JSSE, 8264210) (CVE-2021-35550)
* OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in RTFParser (Swing, 8265167) (CVE-2021-35556)
* OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in RTFReader (Swing, 8265580) (CVE-2021-35559)
* OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in HashMap and HashSet (Utility, 8266097) (CVE-2021-35561)
* OpenJDK: Certificates with end dates too far in the future can corrupt keystore (Keytool, 8266137) (CVE-2021-35564)
* OpenJDK: Unexpected exception raised during TLS handshake (JSSE, 8267729) (CVE-2021-35578)
* OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in BMPImageReader (ImageIO, 8267735) (CVE-2021-35586)
* OpenJDK: Non-constant comparison during TLS handshakes (JSSE, 8269618) (CVE-2021-35603)
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-2021-35550 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35556 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35559 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35561 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35564 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35565 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35567 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35578 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35586 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35603 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: java-11-openjdk-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.src.rpm
aarch64: java-11-openjdk-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-debuginfo-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-debugsource-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-demo-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-devel-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-devel-debuginfo-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-devel-slowdebug-debuginfo-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-headless-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-headless-debuginfo-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-headless-slowdebug-debuginfo-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-javadoc-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-javadoc-zip-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-jmods-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-slowdebug-debuginfo-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-src-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm java-11-openjdk-static-libs-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: java-11-openjdk-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm java-11-openjdk-debuginfo-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm java-11-openjdk-debugsource-11.0.13.0.8-1.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:3891-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3891
Issue date: 2021-10-20

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 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

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Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

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

Bugs Fixed

2014508 - CVE-2021-35565 OpenJDK: Loop in HttpsServer triggered during TLS session close (JSSE, 8254967)

2014515 - CVE-2021-35556 OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in RTFParser (Swing, 8265167)

2014518 - CVE-2021-35559 OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in RTFReader (Swing, 8265580)

2014524 - CVE-2021-35561 OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in HashMap and HashSet (Utility, 8266097)

2015061 - CVE-2021-35564 OpenJDK: Certificates with end dates too far in the future can corrupt keystore (Keytool, 8266137)

2015308 - CVE-2021-35586 OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in BMPImageReader (ImageIO, 8267735)

2015311 - CVE-2021-35603 OpenJDK: Non-constant comparison during TLS handshakes (JSSE, 8269618)

2015648 - CVE-2021-35550 OpenJDK: Weak ciphers preferred over stronger ones for TLS (JSSE, 8264210)

2015653 - CVE-2021-35578 OpenJDK: Unexpected exception raised during TLS handshake (JSSE, 8267729)

2015658 - CVE-2021-35567 OpenJDK: Incorrect principal selection when using Kerberos Constrained Delegation (Libraries, 8266689)

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