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ALSA-2024:0265 Not scored

Important: java-1.8.0-openjdk security and bug fix update

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: array out-of-bounds access due to missing range check in C1 compiler (8314468) (CVE-2024-20918) * OpenJDK: RSA padding issue and timing side-channel attack against TLS (8317547) (CVE-2024-20952) * OpenJDK: JVM class file verifier flaw allows unverified bytecode execution (8314295) (CVE-2024-20919) * OpenJDK: range check loop optimization issue (8314307) (CVE-2024-20921) * OpenJDK: arbitrary Java code execution in Nashorn (8314284) (CVE-2024-20926) * OpenJDK: logging of digital signature private keys (8316976) (CVE-2024-20945) 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): * In the previous release in October 2023 (8u392), the RPMs on AlmaLinux 8 were changed to use Provides for java, jre, java-headless, jre-headless, java-devel and java-sdk which included the full RPM version. This prevented the Provides being used to resolve a dependency on Java 1.8.0 (for example, "Requires: java-headless 1:1.8.0"). This change has now been reverted to the old "1:1.8.0" value. (AlmaLinux-19636, AlmaLinux-19637)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published January 17, 2024
Required by Not available
Last source change May 6, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:9 java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless
AlmaLinux:9 java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-fastdebug
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-fastdebug
AlmaLinux:9 java-1.8.0-openjdk-fastdebug
AlmaLinux:9 java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-slowdebug
AlmaLinux:9 java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-slowdebug
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-fastdebug
AlmaLinux:9 java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-fastdebug
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-fastdebug
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel
AlmaLinux:9 java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-slowdebug
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo
AlmaLinux:9 java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-fastdebug
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility
AlmaLinux:9 java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-slowdebug
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-src
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-slowdebug
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-fastdebug
AlmaLinux:9 java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-slowdebug
AlmaLinux:9 java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-fastdebug
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip
AlmaLinux:9 java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-slowdebug
AlmaLinux:9 java-1.8.0-openjdk-src
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-slowdebug
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-slowdebug
AlmaLinux:9 java-1.8.0-openjdk
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-fastdebug
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-slowdebug
AlmaLinux:9 java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-fastdebug
AlmaLinux:8 java-1.8.0-openjdk
AlmaLinux:9 java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo
AlmaLinux:9 java-1.8.0-openjdk-slowdebug

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities ALSA-2024:0265

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: array out-of-bounds access due to missing range check in C1 compiler (8314468) (CVE-2024-20918) * OpenJDK: RSA padding issue and timing side-channel attack against TLS (8317547) (CVE-2024-20952) * OpenJDK: JVM class file verifier flaw allows unverified bytecode execution (8314295) (CVE-2024-20919) * OpenJDK: range check loop optimization issue (8314307) (CVE-2024-20921) * OpenJDK: arbitrary Java code execution in Nashorn (8314284) (CVE-2024-20926) * OpenJDK: logging of digital signature private keys (8316976) (CVE-2024-20945) 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): * In the previous release in October 2023 (8u392), the RPMs on AlmaLinux 8 were changed to use Provides for java, jre, java-headless, jre-headless, java-devel and java-sdk which included the full RPM version. This prevented the Provides being used to resolve a dependency on Java 1.8.0 (for example, "Requires: java-headless 1:1.8.0"). This change has now been reverted to the old "1:1.8.0" value. (AlmaLinux-19636, AlmaLinux-19637)

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence