Synopsis
Important: java-11-openjdk security and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
An update for java-11-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
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-11-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 11 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 11 Java Software Development Kit.
Security Fix(es):
- OpenJDK: Bypass of boundary checks in nio.Buffer via concurrent access (Libraries, 8238920) (CVE-2020-14583)
- OpenJDK: Incomplete bounds checks in Affine Transformations (2D, 8240119) (CVE-2020-14593)
- OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of access control context in ForkJoinPool (Libraries, 8237117) (CVE-2020-14556)
- OpenJDK: Excessive memory usage in ImageIO TIFF plugin (ImageIO, 8233239) (CVE-2020-14562)
- OpenJDK: Incomplete interface type checks in Graal compiler (Hotspot, 8236867) (CVE-2020-14573)
- OpenJDK: XML validation manipulation due to incomplete application of the use-grammar-pool-only feature (JAXP, 8242136) (CVE-2020-14621)
- OpenJDK: HostnameChecker does not ensure X.509 certificate names are in normalized form (JSSE, 8237592) (CVE-2020-14577)
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.
Enhancement(s):
- Add -static-libs subpackage with statically linked OpenJDK libraries (BZ#1848701)
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
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.2 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.2 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.2 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.2 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 aarch64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1856448 - CVE-2020-14583 OpenJDK: Bypass of boundary checks in nio.Buffer via concurrent access (Libraries, 8238920)
- BZ - 1856784 - CVE-2020-14593 OpenJDK: Incomplete bounds checks in Affine Transformations (2D, 8240119)
- BZ - 1856810 - CVE-2020-14562 OpenJDK: Excessive memory usage in ImageIO TIFF plugin (ImageIO, 8233239)
- BZ - 1856885 - CVE-2020-14621 OpenJDK: XML validation manipulation due to incomplete application of the use-grammar-pool-only feature (JAXP, 8242136)
- BZ - 1856896 - CVE-2020-14556 OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of access control context in ForkJoinPool (Libraries, 8237117)
- BZ - 1856951 - CVE-2020-14573 OpenJDK: Incomplete interface type checks in Graal compiler (Hotspot, 8236867)
- BZ - 1856988 - CVE-2020-14577 OpenJDK: HostnameChecker does not ensure X.509 certificate names are in normalized form (JSSE, 8237592)
CVEs
References
Vulmon