(RHSA-2022:5756) Important: OpenJDK 11.0.16 security update for Windows Builds

The OpenJDK 11 packages provide the OpenJDK 11 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 11 Java Software Development Kit.

This release of the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 11 (11.0.16) for Windows serves as a replacement for the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 11 (11.0.15) 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):

• 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.

Other Changes:

• Red Hat builds of OpenJDK now identify themselves as such in the version output of OpenJDK tools.