Issued:
2022-07-28
Updated:
2022-07-28

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

Synopsis

Important: OpenJDK 17.0.4 Security Update for Portable Linux Builds

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

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.

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.

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:

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Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
OpenJDK Java (for Middleware)1x86_64

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