USN-4892-1: OpenJDK vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 20.10
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• openjdk-8 - Open Source Java implementation
• openjdk-lts - Open Source Java implementation

Details

It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly verified Jar signatures. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended security
restrictions when using Jar files signed with a disabled algorithm.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 20.10

• openjdk-11-jdk - 11.0.11+9-0ubuntu2~20.10
• openjdk-11-jre - 11.0.11+9-0ubuntu2~20.10
• openjdk-11-jre-headless - 11.0.11+9-0ubuntu2~20.10
• openjdk-11-jre-zero - 11.0.11+9-0ubuntu2~20.10
• openjdk-8-jdk - 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~20.10
• openjdk-8-jre - 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~20.10
• openjdk-8-jre-headless - 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~20.10
• openjdk-8-jre-zero - 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~20.10

Ubuntu 20.04

• openjdk-11-jdk - 11.0.11+9-0ubuntu2~20.04
• openjdk-11-jre - 11.0.11+9-0ubuntu2~20.04
• openjdk-11-jre-headless - 11.0.11+9-0ubuntu2~20.04
• openjdk-11-jre-zero - 11.0.11+9-0ubuntu2~20.04
• openjdk-8-jdk - 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~20.04
• openjdk-8-jre - 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~20.04
• openjdk-8-jre-headless - 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~20.04
• openjdk-8-jre-zero - 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~20.04

Ubuntu 18.04

• openjdk-11-jdk - 11.0.11+9-0ubuntu2~18.04
• openjdk-11-jre - 11.0.11+9-0ubuntu2~18.04
• openjdk-11-jre-headless - 11.0.11+9-0ubuntu2~18.04
• openjdk-11-jre-zero - 11.0.11+9-0ubuntu2~18.04
• openjdk-8-jdk - 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~18.04
• openjdk-8-jre - 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~18.04
• openjdk-8-jre-headless - 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~18.04
• openjdk-8-jre-zero - 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~18.04

Ubuntu 16.04

• openjdk-8-jdk - 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
• openjdk-8-jre - 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
• openjdk-8-jre-headless - 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
• openjdk-8-jre-zero - 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~16.04.1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any Java
applications or applets to make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2021-2163