QID 375981

Date Published: 2022-01-26

QID 375981: Amazon Corretto Critical Patch Update (APR2020)

Amazon Corretto is a no-cost, multiplatform, production-ready distribution of the Open Java Development Kit (OpenJDK) from Amazon.

Amazon Corretto released security updates to fix multiple vulnerabilities.

Affected Versions:
Amazon Corretto prior to: 8.252.09.1 and 11.0.7.10.1

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
This QID checks for:
"HKLM\Software\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment"
"HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment"
"HKLM\Software\JavaSoft\Java Development Kit"
"HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\Java Development Kit"
"HKLM\Software\JavaSoft\JRE"
"HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\JRE"
"HKLM\Software\JavaSoft\JDK"
and "HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\JDK" subkeys and fetches JavaHome value, checks for version.txt file existence in the fetched location, performs jar extraction to confirm Amazon as the implementation vendor, then reads the version from version.txt and posts the QID on Windows Operating Systems
This QID executes java -version command and checks for the Corretto version on Linux Operating Systems

This vulnerability could be exploited to gain access to sensitive information, use this vulnerability to change contents or configuration on the system and also cause denial of service.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.3 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.8 severity.
  • Solution
    The vendor has released updates to resolve these issues.

    Customers are advised to visit Amazon Corretto 11 and Amazon Corretto 8 for more information.

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    Amazon Corretto 11 URL Logo docs.aws.amazon.com/corretto/latest/corretto-11-ug/downloads-list.html
    Amazon Corretto 8 URL Logo docs.aws.amazon.com/corretto/latest/corretto-8-ug/downloads-list.html