Oracle JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities

2022-09-2500:00:00

Gentoo Foundation

security.gentoo.org

8.3 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

5.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

80.7%

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Background

Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) lets you develop and deploy Java applications on desktops and servers, as well as in today’s demanding embedded environments. Java offers the rich user interface, performance, versatility, portability, and security that today’s applications require.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle’s JDK and JRE software suites. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Certain uses of untrusted data by Oracle JDK and JRE could result in arbitrary code execution.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for the Oracle JDK and JRE. We recommend that users remove it, and use dev-java/openjdk, dev-java/openjdk-bin, or dev-java/openjdk-jre-bin instead:

 # emerge --ask --depclean "dev-java/oracle-jre-bin"
 # emerge --ask --depclean "dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin"

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyalldev-java/oracle-jdk-bin<= 11.0.2UNKNOWN
Gentooanyalldev-java/oracle-jre-bin<= 1.8.0.202UNKNOWN