Important: java-17-openjdk security and bug fix update

Topic

An update for java-17-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-17-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 17 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 17 Java Software Development Kit.

Security Fix(es):

• OpenJDK: Improper ECDSA signature verification (Libraries, 8277233) (CVE-2022-21449)
• OpenJDK: Defective secure validation in Apache Santuario (Libraries, 8278008) (CVE-2022-21476)
• OpenJDK: Unbounded memory allocation when compiling crafted XPath expressions (JAXP, 8270504) (CVE-2022-21426)
• OpenJDK: Improper object-to-string conversion in AnnotationInvocationHandler (Libraries, 8277672) (CVE-2022-21434)
• OpenJDK: Missing check for negative ObjectIdentifier (Libraries, 8275151) (CVE-2022-21443)
• OpenJDK: URI parsing inconsistencies (JNDI, 8278972) (CVE-2022-21496)

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):

• Enable the import of plain keys into the NSS Software Token while in FIPS mode [rhel-8, openjdk-17] (BZ#2018189)
• Enable AlgorithmParameters and AlgorithmParameterGenerator services in FIPS mode [rhel-8, openjdk-17] (BZ#2055396)

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
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 8 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2018189 - Enable the import of plain keys into the NSS Software Token while in FIPS mode [rhel-8, openjdk-17] [rhel-8.5.0.z]
• BZ - 2055396 - Enable AlgorithmParameters and AlgorithmParameterGenerator services in FIPS mode [rhel-8, openjdk-17] [rhel-8.5.0.z]
• BZ - 2075788 - CVE-2022-21426 OpenJDK: Unbounded memory allocation when compiling crafted XPath expressions (JAXP, 8270504)
• BZ - 2075793 - CVE-2022-21443 OpenJDK: Missing check for negative ObjectIdentifier (Libraries, 8275151)
• BZ - 2075821 - CVE-2022-21449 OpenJDK: Improper ECDSA signature verification (Libraries, 8277233)
• BZ - 2075836 - CVE-2022-21434 OpenJDK: Improper object-to-string conversion in AnnotationInvocationHandler (Libraries, 8277672)
• BZ - 2075842 - CVE-2022-21476 OpenJDK: Defective secure validation in Apache Santuario (Libraries, 8278008)
• BZ - 2075849 - CVE-2022-21496 OpenJDK: URI parsing inconsistencies (JNDI, 8278972)

CVEs

• CVE-2022-21426
• CVE-2022-21434
• CVE-2022-21443
• CVE-2022-21449
• CVE-2022-21476
• CVE-2022-21496

References

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