A OpenJDK 8u292 Security Update for Portable Linux Builds has been released.

RHSA-2021:1444-01: Moderate: OpenJDK 8u292 Security Update for Portable Linux Builds

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Moderate: OpenJDK 8u292 Security Update for Portable Linux Builds
Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:1444-01
Product: OpenJDK
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1444
Issue date: 2021-04-28
Keywords: openjdk,linux
Cross references: RHSA-2021:70423-01
CVE Names: CVE-2021-2163
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1. Summary:

The Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 8 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) is now available for
portable Linux.

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. 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 (1.8.0.292) for portable
Linux serves as a replacement for the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 8
(1.8.0.282) 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: Incomplete enforcement of JAR signing disabled algorithms
(Libraries, 8249906) (CVE-2021-2163)

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.

3. 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_rhel/installing-openjdk8-on-rhel#installing-jdk8-on-rh
el-using-archive

4. Bugs fixed (  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1951217 - CVE-2021-2163 OpenJDK: Incomplete enforcement of JAR signing disabled algorithms (Libraries, 8249906)

5. References:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-2163
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?downloadType=distributions&product=core.service.openjdk&version=1.8.0.292
  https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openjdk/8/html/installing_and_using_openjdk_8_for_rhel/installing-openjdk8-on-rhel#installing-jdk8-on-rhel-using-archive
  https://openjdk.java.net/groups/vulnerability/advisories/2021-04-20

6. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at   https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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