Moderate: java-17-openjdk security update for AlmaLinux 8.6, 8.8, 8.10, 9.4 and 9.5
The java-17-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 17 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 17 Java Software Development Kit. Security Fix(es): * JDK: Enhance array handling (CVE-2025-21502) Bug Fix(es): * The AlmaLinux OpenJDK packages rely on the copy-jdk-configs package to transfer configuration files to a new updated JDK. With this update, the JDK has been updated to use the latest version of copy-jdk-configs, which has been used for some years on later AlmaLinux versions (AlmaLinux-73867, AlmaLinux-73871, AlmaLinux-73872). 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.
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The java-17-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 17 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 17 Java Software Development Kit. Security Fix(es): * JDK: Enhance array handling (CVE-2025-21502) Bug Fix(es): * The AlmaLinux OpenJDK packages rely on the copy-jdk-configs package to transfer configuration files to a new updated JDK. With this update, the JDK has been updated to use the latest version of copy-jdk-configs, which has been used for some years on later AlmaLinux versions (AlmaLinux-73867, AlmaLinux-73871, AlmaLinux-73872). 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.
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