Issued:
2021-02-16
Updated:
2021-02-16

RHSA-2021:0530 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: java-1.8.0-ibm security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

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 SR6-FP20.

Security Fix(es):

  • OpenJDK: Incomplete check for invalid characters in URI to path conversion (Libraries, 8242685) (CVE-2020-14797)
  • OpenJDK: High memory usage during deserialization of Proxy class with many interfaces (Serialization, 8236862) (CVE-2020-14779)
  • OpenJDK: Missing permission check in path to URI conversion (Libraries, 8242680) (CVE-2020-14796)

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.

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.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 1889271 - CVE-2020-14779 OpenJDK: High memory usage during deserialization of Proxy class with many interfaces (Serialization, 8236862)
  • BZ - 1889697 - CVE-2020-14796 OpenJDK: Missing permission check in path to URI conversion (Libraries, 8242680)
  • BZ - 1889717 - CVE-2020-14797 OpenJDK: Incomplete check for invalid characters in URI to path conversion (Libraries, 8242685)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8

SRPM
x86_64
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b740bd332561a12355c4795efb9d6c361ccff1e648278554eff11fb7df47a088
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4907e8745a29ec5b95c17ad11cf3e886a8d43893c78043afdc08156f8b0ef3c5
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 03d1f71fac748304f1332a6ab4a750be17d112acc85d6fda4feab5d34a48d1f6
java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3228be8a069e09ee5ce367493ddd9a1ad1237c7a52a6c08dfc3a9a592ebf92be
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1935291c91de76cfa73b9a352e6e577037a634e1da6d12e88151ed146a1235d0
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6bc9cdd69afafa2ba6e734e515b92466af2b17ff6ee25eb2a3486142d518dbcb
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b902d25d71bcfe2c7bf4f787a9a15f971389d18e30777ab2d6629d1cf2f851f
java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 200660ec25036532dee9522372a95a6a00ad0bc6ccb7fa899b6a0d0d879630eb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
s390x
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c04fdc6d1ed6c01791eb7f56f952309512365580b1b4854b3ca473c8873a4194
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7797053f73f1848b643ab11970a13c20a4edf3291041aab837ba14d5ba3ce398
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 89da2d009236d8b015241040c66b37bf00a7b8ed4ce498e7218403d7d23f7059
java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f80870853d34b51beb39b822d3066c2f2ddf1c7e38cc8a6c8e252a709d2a973d
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8f0c5f6ef0dbf18fd8ca2850230c8474382782d7fe88a7e3e5c57fe950202b19
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e729d1f122a2eff9dcc4767175f56b423dd0218e1167f103dba37591030ee1b8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
ppc64le
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: b5735853b067da77d1c776b91a3b94dbbd3ec9f37a9cdb314add3f5fbe1f273a
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 11ae96ddc1ff38300a543206b7f1016aa51431d8a9bc7c247ca0dca42b4cb201
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 3a73e12841aa300f9f8528fc7453d7721c0f32fd9d576b2ffe509399536f6b73
java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8d9aaff9bb916702d0aa664bbd3f7dbcb5c24e60e1ea3cf11006b45ac293af19
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2f8775a90e6fce408ed306bf5b41ccd72ff967b5f9317942dd6102c38e414ac5
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 86eb4b469dd0b4c397d5e96e48680e6aafaa2b7d9bd2ac469518dea85fc7c309
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 336e798672a56cb30c25b32704f7ceac0076c599fa7087f5fdea80b392ab970f
java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 32957191eafdccde85ac52ec924b2899ecc6599bebec108863b17a9da07614b8

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