Synopsis

Moderate: java-1.8.0-ibm security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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)

CVEs

• CVE-2020-14779
• CVE-2020-14796
• CVE-2020-14797

References