QID 378379

Date Published: 2023-04-18

QID 378379: Red Hat OpenJDK 11.0.16 Security Update for Windows Builds (RHSA-2022:5756)

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.

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).
Affected Versions:
Red Hat build of OpenJDK 11 (11.0.15) and later Versions and Prior to OpenJDK 11 (11.0.16)

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 bin\java.exe file existence in the fetched location, performs jar extraction to confirm Red Hat as the vendor, then reads the compare the version for file java.exe and posts the QID on Windows Operating Systems

Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Java SE accessible data.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
    • Solution
    For more information regarding the update RHSA-2022:5756
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 378379

    CVE-2022-21540 | CVE-2022-21541 | CVE-2022-34169 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2022:5756 URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5756
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