A java-1.8.0-ibm security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
RHSA-2021:0530-01: Moderate: java-1.8.0-ibm security update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: java-1.8.0-ibm security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:0530-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0530
Issue date: 2021-02-16
CVE Names: CVE-2020-14779 CVE-2020-14796 CVE-2020-14797
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1. Summary:
An update for java-1.8.0-ibm 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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Supplementary - ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
IBM Java SE version 8 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM
Java Software Development Kit.
This update upgrades IBM Java SE 8 to version 8 SR6-FP20.
Security Fix(es):
* OpenJDK: Incomplete check for invalid characters in URI to path
conversion (Libraries, 8242685) (CVE-2020-14797)
* OpenJDK: High memory usage during deserialization of Proxy class with
many interfaces (Serialization, 8236862) (CVE-2020-14779)
* OpenJDK: Missing permission check in path to URI conversion (Libraries,
8242680) (CVE-2020-14796)
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.
4. 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 IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take
effect.
5. Bugs fixed ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1889271 - CVE-2020-14779 OpenJDK: High memory usage during deserialization of Proxy class with many interfaces (Serialization, 8236862)
1889697 - CVE-2020-14796 OpenJDK: Missing permission check in path to URI conversion (Libraries, 8242680)
1889717 - CVE-2020-14797 OpenJDK: Incomplete check for invalid characters in URI to path conversion (Libraries, 8242685)
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Supplementary:
ppc64le:
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.6.20-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14779
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14796
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14797
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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