Race Condition Affecting openjdk-jre package, versions [11.0.0,11.0.9)[15.0.0,15.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.19% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UPSTREAM-OPENJDKJRE-1020119
  • published21 Oct 2020
  • disclosed20 Oct 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-14803  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openjdk-jre to version 11.0.9, 15.0.1 or higher.

Overview

openjdk-jre is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE).

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition. It was discovered that the NIO Buffer implementation in the Libraries component of OpenJDK contained a race condition affecting boundary checks. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions.

CVSS Base Scores

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