RHSA-2021_0946
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2021-03-19 16:55 - Updated: 2024-11-22 16:33Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 1.8 (container images) release and security update
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Topic: The Red Hat Build of OpenJDK 8 (container images) is now available from the Red Hat Container Catalog.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Details: The OpenJDK 8 container images provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.
This release of the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 8 (openjdk18-openshift:1.8-26 and ubi8-openjdk-8:1.3-9) serves as a replacement for the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 8 (openjdk18-openshift:1.8-25 and ubi8-openjdk-8:1.3-8), and includes security and bug fixes, and enhancements. For further information, refer to the release notes linked to in the References section.
Security Fix(es):
* ubi8/openjdk-8: containers/openjdk: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges (CVE-2021-20264)
* redhat-openjdk-18/openjdk18-openshift: containers/openjdk: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges (CVE-2021-20264)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Terms of Use: This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
An insecure modification flaw in the /etc/passwd file was found in the openjdk-1.8 and openjdk-11 containers. This flaw allows an attacker with access to the container to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
7.0 (High)
Affected products
Fixed
1 product
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
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Red Hat Build of OpenJDK
Red Hat / OpenJDK
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cpe:/a:redhat:openjdk:1.8
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— |
Vendor Fix
fix
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Threats
Impact
Moderate
References
12 references
Acknowledgments
Quadient
Lukas Najman
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