(RHSA-2022:5754) Important: OpenJDK 8u342 security update for Portable Linux Builds

The OpenJDK 8 packages 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 (8u342) for portable Linux serves as a replacement for Red Hat build of OpenJDK 8 (8u332) and includes security and bug fixes as well as enhancements. For further information, refer to the release notes linked to in the References section.

Security Fix(es):

• OpenJDK: class compilation issue (Hotspot, 8281859) (CVE-2022-21540)

• OpenJDK: improper restriction of MethodHandle.invokeBasic() (Hotspot, 8281866) (CVE-2022-21541)

• OpenJDK: integer truncation issue in Xalan (JAXP, 8285407) (CVE-2022-34169)

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.