Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:2778 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2021-07-22
Updated:
2021-07-22

RHSA-2021:2778 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Important: OpenJDK 8u302 Security Update for Portable Linux Builds

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

The Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 8 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) is now available for portable Linux.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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 packages 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 (1.8.0.302) for portable Linux serves as a replacement for the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 8 (1.8.0.292) 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: FTP PASV command response can cause FtpClient to connect to

arbitrary host (Networking, 8258432) (CVE-2021-2341)

  • OpenJDK: Incorrect verification of JAR files with multiple MANIFEST.MF

files (Library, 8260967) (CVE-2021-2369)

  • OpenJDK: Incorrect comparison during range check elimination (Hotspot,

8264066) (CVE-2021-2388)

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:

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openjdk/8/html/installing_and_using_openjdk_8_for_rhel/installing-openjdk8-on-rhel#installing-jdk8-on-rhel-using-archive

Affected Products

  • OpenJDK Java (for Middleware) 1 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1982874 - CVE-2021-2341 OpenJDK: FTP PASV command response can cause FtpClient to connect to arbitrary host (Networking, 8258432)
  • BZ - 1982879 - CVE-2021-2369 OpenJDK: Incorrect verification of JAR files with multiple MANIFEST.MF files (Library, 8260967)
  • BZ - 1983075 - CVE-2021-2388 OpenJDK: Incorrect comparison during range check elimination (Hotspot, 8264066)

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