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High ALSA-2023:1908 7 CVEs

Important: java-1.8.0-openjdk security update

Published Apr 25, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

The java-1.8.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.

Security Fix(es):

* OpenJDK: improper connection handling during TLS handshake (8294474) (CVE-2023-21930)
* OpenJDK: Swing HTML parsing issue (8296832) (CVE-2023-21939)
* OpenJDK: incorrect enqueue of references in garbage collector (8298191) (CVE-2023-21954)
* OpenJDK: certificate validation issue in TLS session negotiation (8298310) (CVE-2023-21967)
* OpenJDK: missing string checks for NULL characters (8296622) (CVE-2023-21937)
* OpenJDK: incorrect handling of NULL characters in ProcessBuilder (8295304) (CVE-2023-21938)
* OpenJDK: missing check for slash characters in URI-to-path conversion (8298667) (CVE-2023-21968)

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.

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-fastdebug 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-slowdebug 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-fastdebug 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-slowdebug 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-fastdebug 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-slowdebug 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-fastdebug 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-fastdebug 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-slowdebug 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-slowdebug 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-src 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-fastdebug 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-slowdebug 1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7

Vulnerabilities 7

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-21930
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-21937
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-21938
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-21939
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-21954
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-21967
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-21968
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2187435
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2187441
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2187704
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2187724
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2187758
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2187790
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2187802
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-1908.html