Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:3967 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2021-10-25
Updated:
2021-10-25

RHSA-2021:3967 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Important: OpenJDK 11.0.13 security update for Portable Linux Builds

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

The Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 11 (java-11-openjdk) is now available for portable Linux.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Imporant. 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 (11.0.13) for portable Linux serves as a replacement for the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 11 (11.0.12) 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: Loop in HttpsServer triggered during TLS session close (JSSE, 8254967) (CVE-2021-35565)
  • OpenJDK: Incorrect principal selection when using Kerberos Constrained Delegation (Libraries, 8266689) (CVE-2021-35567)
  • OpenJDK: Weak ciphers preferred over stronger ones for TLS (JSSE, 8264210) (CVE-2021-35550)
  • OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in RTFParser (Swing, 8265167) (CVE-2021-35556)
  • OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in RTFReader (Swing, 8265580) (CVE-2021-35559)
  • OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in HashMap and HashSet (Utility, 8266097) (CVE-2021-35561)
  • OpenJDK: Certificates with end dates too far in the future can corrupt keystore (Keytool, 8266137) (CVE-2021-35564)
  • OpenJDK: Unexpected exception raised during TLS handshake (JSSE, 8267729) (CVE-2021-35578)
  • OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in BMPImageReader (ImageIO, 8267735) (CVE-2021-35586)
  • OpenJDK: Non-constant comparison during TLS handshakes (JSSE, 8269618) (CVE-2021-35603)

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/11/html/installing_and_using_openjdk_11_on_rhel/installing-openjdk11-on-rhel8#installing-jdk11-on-rhel-using-archive

Affected Products

  • OpenJDK Java (for Middleware) 1 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2014508 - CVE-2021-35565 OpenJDK: Loop in HttpsServer triggered during TLS session close (JSSE, 8254967)
  • BZ - 2014515 - CVE-2021-35556 OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in RTFParser (Swing, 8265167)
  • BZ - 2014518 - CVE-2021-35559 OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in RTFReader (Swing, 8265580)
  • BZ - 2014524 - CVE-2021-35561 OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in HashMap and HashSet (Utility, 8266097)
  • BZ - 2015061 - CVE-2021-35564 OpenJDK: Certificates with end dates too far in the future can corrupt keystore (Keytool, 8266137)
  • BZ - 2015308 - CVE-2021-35586 OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in BMPImageReader (ImageIO, 8267735)
  • BZ - 2015311 - CVE-2021-35603 OpenJDK: Non-constant comparison during TLS handshakes (JSSE, 8269618)
  • BZ - 2015648 - CVE-2021-35550 OpenJDK: Weak ciphers preferred over stronger ones for TLS (JSSE, 8264210)
  • BZ - 2015653 - CVE-2021-35578 OpenJDK: Unexpected exception raised during TLS handshake (JSSE, 8267729)
  • BZ - 2015658 - CVE-2021-35567 OpenJDK: Incorrect principal selection when using Kerberos Constrained Delegation (Libraries, 8266689)

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