GLSA 202006-22: OpenJDK, IcedTea: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:OpenJDK, IcedTea: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:06/15/2020
Bugs: #718720, #720690
ID:202006-22

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenJDK and IcedTea, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background

OpenJDK is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition.

IcedTea’s aim is to provide OpenJDK in a form suitable for easy configuration, compilation and distribution with the primary goal of allowing inclusion in GNU/Linux distributions.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
dev-java/icedtea-bin < 3.16.0 >= 3.16.0 All supported architectures
dev-java/openjdk-jre-bin < 8.252_p09 >= 8.252_p09 All supported architectures
dev-java/openjdk-bin < 8.252_p09 >= 8.252_p09 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenJDK and IcedTea. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All OpenJDK binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/openjdk-bin-8.252_p09"
    

All OpenJDK JRE binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/openjdk-jre-bin-8.252_p09"

All IcedTea binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/icedtea-bin-3.16.0"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202006-22.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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