Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting java-11-openjdk-src package, versions <1:11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-JAVA11OPENJDKSRC-3980272
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Apr 2021

Introduced: 20 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-2163  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 java-11-openjdk-src to version 1:11.0.11.0.9-0.el8_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1307.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream java-11-openjdk-src package and not the java-11-openjdk-src package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Libraries). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u291, 8u281, 11.0.10, 16; Java SE Embedded: 8u281; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 19.3.5, 20.3.1.2 and 21.0.0.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Java SE, Java SE Embedded, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

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