- Issued:
- 2021-04-28
- Updated:
- 2021-04-28
RHSA-2021:1447 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Moderate: OpenJDK 11.0.11 Security Update for Windows Builds
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Moderate
Topic
The Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 11 (java-11-openjdk) is now available for Windows.
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 11 packages provide the OpenJDK 11 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 11 Java Software Development Kit.
This release of the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 11 (11.0.11) for Windows serves as a replacement for the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 11 (11.0.10) 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):
- OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of partially quoted arguments in ProcessBuilder on Windows (Libraries, 8250568) (CVE-2021-2161)
- 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.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
Affected Products
- OpenJDK Java (for Middleware) 1 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1951217 - CVE-2021-2163 OpenJDK: Incomplete enforcement of JAR signing disabled algorithms (Libraries, 8249906)
- BZ - 1951231 - CVE-2021-2161 OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of partially quoted arguments in ProcessBuilder on Windows (Libraries, 8250568)
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
- https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?downloadType=distributions&product=core.service.openjdk&version=11.0.11.9
- https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openjdk/11/html/installing_and_using_openjdk_11_for_windows/index
- https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openjdk/11/html/configuring_openjdk_11_for_windows/index
- https://openjdk.java.net/groups/vulnerability/advisories/2021-04-20
The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.