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Red Hat: RHSA-2022-5837 Moderate: IBM Java Memory Allocation Issues

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Calendar Grey August 3, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A recent patch tackles vulnerabilities in Red Hat's java-1.8.0-openjdk, resolving critical memory management and type casting errors proficiently.
An update for java-1.8.0-ibm 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 IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Summary

IBM Java SE version 8 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.
This update upgrades IBM Java SE 8 to version 8 SR7-FP10.
Security Fix(es):
* OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in HashMap and HashSet (Utility, 8266097) (CVE-2021-35561)
* OpenJDK: Improper object-to-string conversion in AnnotationInvocationHandler (Libraries, 8277672) (CVE-2022-21434)
* OpenJDK: Missing check for negative ObjectIdentifier (Libraries, 8275151) (CVE-2022-21443)
* OpenJDK: URI parsing inconsistencies (JNDI, 8278972) (CVE-2022-21496)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat memory allocation Java update IBM Java object conversion

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35561 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21434 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21443 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21496 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 8):
ppc64le: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
x86_64: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
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Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:5837-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5837
Issue date: 2022-08-02

Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat memory allocation Java update IBM Java object conversion

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Bugs Fixed

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

2075793 - CVE-2022-21443 OpenJDK: Missing check for negative ObjectIdentifier (Libraries, 8275151)

2075836 - CVE-2022-21434 OpenJDK: Improper object-to-string conversion in AnnotationInvocationHandler (Libraries, 8277672)

2075849 - CVE-2022-21496 OpenJDK: URI parsing inconsistencies (JNDI, 8278972)

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