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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4531 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2021-11-11
Updated:
2021-11-11

RHSA-2021:4531 - Security Advisory

  • Overview

Synopsis

Important: OpenJDK 17.0.1 security update for Windows Builds

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

The Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 17 (java-17-openjdk) is now available for Windows.

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 17 packages provide the OpenJDK 17 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 17 Java Software Development Kit.

This release of the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17 (17.0.1) for Windows serves as the initial Windows release of OpenJDK 17. For further information, refer to the release notes linked to in the References section.

Security Fix(es):

  • OpenJDK: Incorrect principal selection when using Kerberos Constrained Delegation (Libraries, 8266689) (CVE-2021-35567)
  • 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/17/html/installing_and_using_openjdk_17_for_windows/index

Affected Products

  • OpenJDK Java (for Middleware) 1 x86_64

Fixes

  • 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 - 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)

CVEs

  • CVE-2021-35556
  • CVE-2021-35559
  • CVE-2021-35561
  • CVE-2021-35564
  • CVE-2021-35567
  • CVE-2021-35578
  • CVE-2021-35586
  • CVE-2021-35603

References

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

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

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