Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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 java-1.8.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.

Security Fix(es):

• OpenJDK: Incorrect comparison during range check elimination (Hotspot, 8264066) (CVE-2021-2388)
• 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)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

• JDK-8266279: 8u292 NoSuchAlgorithmException unrecognized algorithm name: PBEWithSHA1AndDESede (BZ#1960024)

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 OpenJDK Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 1960024 - JDK-8266279: 8u292 NoSuchAlgorithmException unrecognized algorithm name: PBEWithSHA1AndDESede
• BZ - 1967809 - Prepare for the next quarterly OpenJDK upstream release (2021-07, 8u302) [rhel-7]
• 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)

CVEs

• CVE-2021-2341
• CVE-2021-2369
• CVE-2021-2388

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important