Important: OpenJDK 8u342 Windows builds release and security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-21540   CVE-2022-21541   CVE-2022-34169  

Synopsis

Important: OpenJDK 8u342 Windows builds release and security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

The Red Hat build of OpenJDK 8 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) is now available for Windows.

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 OpenJDK 8 packages provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.

This release of the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 8 (8u342) for Windows serves as a replacement for the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 8 (8u332) and includes security and bug fixes, and enhancements. For further information, refer to the release notes linked to in the References section.

Security Fix(es):

  • OpenJDK: class compilation issue (Hotspot, 8281859) (CVE-2022-21540)
  • OpenJDK: improper restriction of MethodHandle.invokeBasic() (Hotspot, 8281866) (CVE-2022-21541)
  • OpenJDK: integer truncation issue in Xalan (JAXP, 8285407) (CVE-2022-34169)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgements, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openjdk/8/html/installing_and_using_openjdk_8_for_windows/index

Affected Products

  • OpenJDK Java (for Middleware) 1 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2108540 - CVE-2022-21540 OpenJDK: class compilation issue (Hotspot, 8281859)
  • BZ - 2108543 - CVE-2022-21541 OpenJDK: improper restriction of MethodHandle.invokeBasic() (Hotspot, 8281866)
  • BZ - 2108554 - CVE-2022-34169 OpenJDK: integer truncation issue in Xalan-J (JAXP, 8285407)