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An OpenJDK 17.0.4 Security Update for Portable Linux Builds has been released.



RHSA-2022:5758-01: Important: OpenJDK 17.0.4 Security Update for Portable Linux Builds



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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: OpenJDK 17.0.4 Security Update for Portable Linux Builds
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:5758-01
Product: OpenJDK
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5758
Issue date: 2022-07-28
CVE Names: CVE-2022-21540 CVE-2022-21541 CVE-2022-21549
CVE-2022-34169
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1. Summary:

The Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17 (java-17-openjdk) is now available for
portable Linux.

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.

2. Description:

The OpenJDK 17 packages provide the OpenJDK 17 Java Runtime Environment and
the OpenJDK 17 Java Software Development Kit.

This release of the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17 (17.0.4) for portable Linux
serves as a replacement for the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17 (17.0.3) 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)

* OpenJDK: random exponentials issue (Libraries, 8283875) (CVE-2022-21549)

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.

Other Changes:

* Red Hat builds of OpenJDK now identify themselves as such in the version
output of OpenJDK tools.

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/17/html/installing_and_using_openjdk_17_on_rhel/installing-openjdk11-on-rhel8_openjdk#installing-jdk11-on-rhel-using-archive_openjdk

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

2108540 - CVE-2022-21540 OpenJDK: class compilation issue (Hotspot, 8281859)
2108543 - CVE-2022-21541 OpenJDK: improper restriction of MethodHandle.invokeBasic() (Hotspot, 8281866)
2108547 - CVE-2022-21549 OpenJDK: random exponentials issue (Libraries, 8283875)
2108554 - CVE-2022-34169 OpenJDK: integer truncation issue in Xalan-J (JAXP, 8285407)

5. References:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21540
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21541
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21549
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-34169
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

6. Contact:

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

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