Home / mailings [RHSA-2022:5754-01] Important: OpenJDK 8u342 security update for Portable Linux Builds
Posted on 28 July 2022
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: OpenJDK 8u342 security update for Portable Linux Builds
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:5754-01
Product: OpenJDK
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5754
Issue date: 2022-07-28
CVE Names: CVE-2022-21540 CVE-2022-21541 CVE-2022-34169
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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 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 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 portable Linux
serves as a replacement for Red Hat build of OpenJDK 8 (8u332) and includes
security and bug fixes as well as 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, 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/assembly_installing-openjdk-8-on-red-hat-enterprise-linux_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)
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-2022-34169
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
6. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2022 Red Hat, Inc.
