Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Oracle JDK and JRE, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
Background
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle's JDK and JRE software suites. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
Certain uses of untrusted data by Oracle JDK and JRE could result in arbitrary code execution.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
Gentoo has discontinued support for the Oracle JDK and JRE. We recommend that users remove it, and use dev-java/openjdk, dev-java/openjdk-bin, or dev-java/openjdk-jre-bin instead:
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.