ALAS2JAVA-OPENJDK11-2021-001

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-44228   CVE-2021-45046  

No versions of an Amazon Linux Java Virtual Machine (JVM) are affected by CVE-2021-44228 or CVE-2021-45046. However, if customers load a log4j version that is affected by CVE-2021-44228 or CVE-2021-45046 into an Amazon Linux JVM, it will introduce the issues identified in CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 into the JVM. This update modifies Amazon Linux packages that provide a JVM to also install the AWS-developed hotpatch to mitigate CVE-2021-44228 or CVE-2021-45046 by default. For more information on the hotpatch package in Amazon Linux, see https://alas.aws.amazon.com/announcements/2021-001.html

ALAS2JAVA-OPENJDK11-2021-001


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASJAVA-OPENJDK11-2021-001
Advisory Release Date: 2021-12-17 18:40 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2021-12-17 22:58 Pacific
Severity: Critical

Issue Overview:

No versions of an Amazon Linux Java Virtual Machine (JVM) are affected by CVE-2021-44228 or CVE-2021-45046. However, if customers load a log4j version that is affected by CVE-2021-44228 or CVE-2021-45046 into an Amazon Linux JVM, it will introduce the issues identified in CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 into the JVM. This update modifies Amazon Linux packages that provide a JVM to also install the AWS-developed hotpatch to mitigate CVE-2021-44228 or CVE-2021-45046 by default. For more information on the hotpatch package in Amazon Linux, see https://alas.aws.amazon.com/announcements/2021-001.html


Affected Packages:

java-11-openjdk


Issue Correction:
Run yum update java-11-openjdk to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    java-11-openjdk-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-headless-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-headless-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-devel-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-devel-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-static-libs-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-static-libs-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-jmods-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-jmods-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-demo-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-demo-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-src-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-src-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-javadoc-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-javadoc-zip-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-javadoc-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-javadoc-zip-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    java-11-openjdk-debuginfo-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64

src:
    java-11-openjdk-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.src

x86_64:
    java-11-openjdk-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-headless-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-headless-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-devel-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-devel-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-static-libs-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-static-libs-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-jmods-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-jmods-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-demo-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-demo-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-src-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-src-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-javadoc-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-javadoc-zip-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-javadoc-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-javadoc-zip-debug-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    java-11-openjdk-debuginfo-11.0.13.0.8-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64