Moderate: java-1.8.0-openjdk security and bug fix update

Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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-1.8.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.

Security Fix(es):

• OpenJDK: Incomplete deserialization class filtering in ObjectInputStream (Serialization, 8264934) (CVE-2022-21248)
• OpenJDK: Insufficient URI checks in the XSLT TransformerImpl (JAXP, 8270492) (CVE-2022-21282)
• OpenJDK: Unexpected exception thrown in regex Pattern (Libraries, 8268813) (CVE-2022-21283)
• OpenJDK: Incomplete checks of StringBuffer and StringBuilder during deserialization (Libraries, 8270392) (CVE-2022-21293)
• OpenJDK: Incorrect IdentityHashMap size checks during deserialization (Libraries, 8270416) (CVE-2022-21294)
• OpenJDK: Incorrect access checks in XMLEntityManager (JAXP, 8270498) (CVE-2022-21296)
• OpenJDK: Infinite loop related to incorrect handling of newlines in XMLEntityScanner (JAXP, 8270646) (CVE-2022-21299)
• OpenJDK: Array indexing issues in LIRGenerator (Hotspot, 8272014) (CVE-2022-21305)
• OpenJDK: Excessive resource use when reading JAR manifest attributes (Libraries, 8272026) (CVE-2022-21340)
• OpenJDK: Insufficient checks when deserializing exceptions in ObjectInputStream (Serialization, 8272236) (CVE-2022-21341)
• OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in BMPImageReader (ImageIO, 8273756) (CVE-2022-21360)
• OpenJDK: Integer overflow in BMPImageReader (ImageIO, 8273838) (CVE-2022-21365)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

• Previously, OpenJDK would crash when running the Java Flight Recorder (JFR) on PowerPC 64 (ppc64) machines. This was found to be due to missing crash protection in the ppc64 port. With this update, JFR should be run without crashing on ppc64. (BZ#2038935)

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

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 8 aarch64

Fixes

• BZ - 2038935 - OpenJDK crashes when using JFR [rhel-8.5.0.z]
• BZ - 2041400 - CVE-2022-21283 OpenJDK: Unexpected exception thrown in regex Pattern (Libraries, 8268813)
• BZ - 2041417 - CVE-2022-21293 OpenJDK: Incomplete checks of StringBuffer and StringBuilder during deserialization (Libraries, 8270392)
• BZ - 2041427 - CVE-2022-21294 OpenJDK: Incorrect IdentityHashMap size checks during deserialization (Libraries, 8270416)
• BZ - 2041435 - CVE-2022-21282 OpenJDK: Insufficient URI checks in the XSLT TransformerImpl (JAXP, 8270492)
• BZ - 2041439 - CVE-2022-21296 OpenJDK: Incorrect access checks in XMLEntityManager (JAXP, 8270498)
• BZ - 2041472 - CVE-2022-21299 OpenJDK: Infinite loop related to incorrect handling of newlines in XMLEntityScanner (JAXP, 8270646)
• BZ - 2041491 - CVE-2022-21360 OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in BMPImageReader (ImageIO, 8273756)
• BZ - 2041785 - CVE-2022-21365 OpenJDK: Integer overflow in BMPImageReader (ImageIO, 8273838)
• BZ - 2041801 - CVE-2022-21248 OpenJDK: Incomplete deserialization class filtering in ObjectInputStream (Serialization, 8264934)
• BZ - 2041878 - CVE-2022-21305 OpenJDK: Array indexing issues in LIRGenerator (Hotspot, 8272014)
• BZ - 2041884 - CVE-2022-21340 OpenJDK: Excessive resource use when reading JAR manifest attributes (Libraries, 8272026)
• BZ - 2041897 - CVE-2022-21341 OpenJDK: Insufficient checks when deserializing exceptions in ObjectInputStream (Serialization, 8272236)

CVEs

• CVE-2022-21248
• CVE-2022-21282
• CVE-2022-21283
• CVE-2022-21293
• CVE-2022-21294
• CVE-2022-21296
• CVE-2022-21299
• CVE-2022-21305
• CVE-2022-21340
• CVE-2022-21341
• CVE-2022-21360
• CVE-2022-21365

References

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