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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5: 2021:1314-1 Important Java Fix

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Calendar Grey April 26, 2021
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Summary

This update for java-11-openjdk fixes the following issues: - Update to upstream tag jdk-11.0.11+9 (April 2021 CPU) * CVE-2021-2163: Fixed incomplete enforcement of JAR signing disabled algorithms (bsc#1185055) * CVE-2021-2161: Fixed incorrect handling of partially quoted arguments in ProcessBuilder (bsc#1185056) - moved mozilla-nss dependency to java-11-openjdk-headless package, this is necessary to be able to do crypto with just java-11-openjdk-headless installed (bsc#1184606). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-1314=1 Package List:

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References

#1184606 #1185055 #1185056

Cross- CVE-2021-2161 CVE-2021-2163

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-2161 (NVD) : 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVE-2021-2161 (SUSE): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVE-2021-2163 (NVD) : 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVE-2021-2163 (SUSE): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-2161.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-2163.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184606

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185055

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185056

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1314-1
Rating: important

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