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Red Hat 8 RHSA-2022:6735-01 Moderate: IBM Java Update for CVE-2021-2163

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Calendar Grey October 25, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Oracle Java 11.0.12 security patch released for Ubuntu 20.04 with high severity and suggested measures for mitigation.
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-FP15.
Security Fix(es):
* OpenJDK: Incomplete enforcement of JAR signing disabled algorithms (Libraries, 8249906) (CVE-2021-2163)
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 update Red Hat update moderate impact Java IBM Java

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-2163 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 8):
ppc64le: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
x86_64: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.7.15-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:6735-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6735
Issue date: 2022-10-25

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat update moderate impact Java IBM Java

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Bugs Fixed

1951217 - CVE-2021-2163 OpenJDK: Incomplete enforcement of JAR signing disabled algorithms (Libraries, 8249906)

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