RHSA-2021:5030HighCVSS 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.8.0-ibm security update

Published
December 8, 2021
Last Modified
November 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (8)

📋 Description

CVE-2021-35556 — OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in RTFParser (Swing, 8265167) CVE-2021-35559 — OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in RTFReader (Swing, 8265580) CVE-2021-35560 — JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 8u311 (Deployment) CVE-2021-35564 — OpenJDK: Certificates with end dates too far in the future can corrupt keystore (Keytool, 8266137) CVE-2021-35565 — OpenJDK: Loop in HttpsServer triggered during TLS session close (JSSE, 8254967) CVE-2021-35578 — OpenJDK: Unexpected exception raised during TLS handshake (JSSE, 8267729) CVE-2021-35586 — OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in BMPImageReader (ImageIO, 8267735) CVE-2021-41035 — JDK: IllegalAccessError exception not thrown for MethodHandles that invoke inaccessible interface methods

🎯 Affected products42

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Supplementary (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Supplementary (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Supplementary (v. 7)
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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