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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RHSA-2021:4135-01 Important Java Update

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Calendar Grey November 9, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical security patch released for java-17-openjdk on RHEL focusing on memory management vulnerabilities.
An update for java-17-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-17-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 17 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 17 Java Software Development Kit.
Security Fix(es):
* OpenJDK: Incorrect principal selection when using Kerberos Constrained Delegation (Libraries, 8266689) (CVE-2021-35567)
* 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

security advisory security issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux important memory allocation java-17-openjdk

References

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-2021-35567 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-17-openjdk-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.src.rpm
aarch64: java-17-openjdk-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-debuginfo-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-debugsource-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-demo-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-devel-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-devel-debuginfo-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-devel-fastdebug-debuginfo-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-devel-slowdebug-debuginfo-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-fastdebug-debuginfo-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-headless-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-headless-debuginfo-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-headless-fastdebug-debuginfo-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-headless-slowdebug-debuginfo-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-javadoc-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-javadoc-zip-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-jmods-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-slowdebug-debuginfo-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-src-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm java-17-openjdk-static-libs-17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5.aarch64.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:4135-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4135
Issue date: 2021-11-09

Topic

An update for java-17-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

security advisory security issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux important memory allocation java-17-openjdk

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

Bugs Fixed

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)

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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