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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.884287
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS: Security Advisory for java (CESA-2023:1904)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'java'; package(s) announced via the CESA-2023:1904 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'java'
package(s) announced via the CESA-2023:1904 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The java-1.8.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime
Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.

Security Fix(es):

* OpenJDK: improper connection handling during TLS handshake (8294474)
(CVE-2023-21930)

* OpenJDK: Swing HTML parsing issue (8296832) (CVE-2023-21939)

* OpenJDK: incorrect enqueue of references in garbage collector (8298191)
(CVE-2023-21954)

* OpenJDK: certificate validation issue in TLS session negotiation
(8298310) (CVE-2023-21967)

* OpenJDK: missing string checks for NULL characters (8296622)
(CVE-2023-21937)

* OpenJDK: incorrect handling of NULL characters in ProcessBuilder
(8295304) (CVE-2023-21938)

* OpenJDK: missing check for slash characters in URI-to-path conversion
(8298667) (CVE-2023-21968)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es):

* Native code within the OpenJDK code base attempted to call close() on a
file descriptor repeatedly if it returned the error code, EINTR. However,
the close() native call is not restartable and this caused the virtual
machine to crash. The close() call is now only made once. (RHBZ#2159458)

Affected Software/OS:
'java' package(s) on CentOS 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-21930
Debian Security Information: DSA-5430 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5430
Debian Security Information: DSA-5478 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5478
https://www.couchbase.com/alerts/
Oracle Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2023.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00018.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-21937
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-21938
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-21939
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-21954
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-21967
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-21968
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