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High USN-5388-2 6 CVEs

openjdk-17 vulnerabilities

Published Apr 26, 2022 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly verified ECDSA signatures. An
attacker could use this issue to bypass the signature verification process.
(CVE-2022-21449)

It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly limited memory when compiling a
specially crafted XPath expression. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-21426)

It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled converting certain
object arguments into their textual representations. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-21434)

It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly validated the encoded length of
certain object identifiers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-21443)

It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly validated certain paths. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass the secure validation
feature and expose sensitive information in XML files. (CVE-2022-21476)

It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly parsed certain URI strings. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to make applications accept
invalid of malformed URI strings. (CVE-2022-21496)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS openjdk-17 17.0.3+7-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS openjdk-17 17.0.3+7-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS openjdk-17 17.0.3+7-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Vulnerabilities 6

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-21426
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-21434
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-21443
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-21449
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-21476
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-21496