Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:0946 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2021-03-19
Updated:
2021-03-19

RHSA-2021:0946 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 1.8 (container images) release and security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

The Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 8 (container images) is now available from the Red Hat Container Catalog.

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

The OpenJDK 8 container images provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.

This release of the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 8 (openjdk18-openshift:1.8-26 and ubi8-openjdk-8:1.3-9) serves as a replacement for the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 8 (openjdk18-openshift:1.8-25 and ubi8-openjdk-8:1.3-8), and includes security and bug fixes, and enhancements. For further information, refer to the release notes linked to in the References section.

Security Fix(es):

  • ubi8/openjdk-8: containers/openjdk: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges (CVE-2021-20264)
  • redhat-openjdk-18/openjdk18-openshift: containers/openjdk: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges (CVE-2021-20264)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Before applying the update, back up your existing installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and so on.

The References section of this erratum contains a link to the updated containers.

Affected Products

  • OpenJDK Java (for Middleware) 1 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1932283 - CVE-2021-20264 containers/openjdk: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.