ALAS-2021-1553

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

ALAS-2021-1553


Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2021-1553
Advisory Release Date: 2021-12-17 17:39 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2021-12-17 22:57 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-1.8.0-openjdk, java-1.7.0-openjdk, java-1.6.0-openjdk


Issue Correction:
Run yum update java-1.8.0-openjdk to update your system.
Run yum update java-1.7.0-openjdk to update your system.
Run yum update java-1.6.0-openjdk to update your system.

New Packages:
i686:
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.1.84.amzn1.i686
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-src-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.1.84.amzn1.i686
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.1.84.amzn1.i686
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.1.84.amzn1.i686
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.1.84.amzn1.i686
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.6.0.41-1.13.13.1.78.amzn1.i686
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.41-1.13.13.1.78.amzn1.i686
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.41-1.13.13.1.78.amzn1.i686
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.41-1.13.13.1.78.amzn1.i686
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.41-1.13.13.1.78.amzn1.i686
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.41-1.13.13.1.78.amzn1.i686
    java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.312.b07-0.66.amzn1.i686
    java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-1.8.0.312.b07-0.66.amzn1.i686
    java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-1.8.0.312.b07-0.66.amzn1.i686
    java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.312.b07-0.66.amzn1.i686
    java-1.8.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.8.0.312.b07-0.66.amzn1.i686
    java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-1.8.0.312.b07-0.66.amzn1.i686

noarch:
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.1.84.amzn1.noarch
    java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.8.0.312.b07-0.66.amzn1.noarch
    java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip-1.8.0.312.b07-0.66.amzn1.noarch

src:
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.1.84.amzn1.src
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.41-1.13.13.1.78.amzn1.src
    java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.312.b07-0.66.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-src-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.1.84.amzn1.x86_64
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.1.84.amzn1.x86_64
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.1.84.amzn1.x86_64
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.1.84.amzn1.x86_64
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.1.84.amzn1.x86_64
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.41-1.13.13.1.78.amzn1.x86_64
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.41-1.13.13.1.78.amzn1.x86_64
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.41-1.13.13.1.78.amzn1.x86_64
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.6.0.41-1.13.13.1.78.amzn1.x86_64
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.41-1.13.13.1.78.amzn1.x86_64
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.41-1.13.13.1.78.amzn1.x86_64
    java-1.8.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.8.0.312.b07-0.66.amzn1.x86_64
    java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.312.b07-0.66.amzn1.x86_64
    java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-1.8.0.312.b07-0.66.amzn1.x86_64
    java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.312.b07-0.66.amzn1.x86_64
    java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-1.8.0.312.b07-0.66.amzn1.x86_64
    java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-1.8.0.312.b07-0.66.amzn1.x86_64