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🛡️ ALSA-2024:4563 — java-1.8.0-openjdk (CVE-2024-21147 +5 more)

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Important: java-1.8.0-openjdk security 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: RangeCheckElimination array index overflow (8323231) (CVE-2024-21147)
  • OpenJDK: potential UTF8 size overflow (8314794) (CVE-2024-21131)
  • OpenJDK: Excessive symbol length can lead to infinite loop (8319859) (CVE-2024-21138)
  • OpenJDK: Range Check Elimination (RCE) pre-loop limit overflow (8320548) (CVE-2024-21140)
  • OpenJDK: Pack200 increase loading time due to improper header validation (8322106) (CVE-2024-21144)
  • OpenJDK: Out-of-bounds access in 2D image handling (8324559) (CVE-2024-21145)

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.

Affected software

ALSA-2024:4563 is recorded against 20 packages.

  • java-1.8.0-openjdk (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el8)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-fastdebug (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el8)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-slowdebug (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el8)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-fastdebug (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-slowdebug (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-fastdebug (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-slowdebug (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-fastdebug (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-fastdebug (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-slowdebug (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-slowdebug (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-src (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-fastdebug (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9)
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-slowdebug (fixed in 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 July 2024 and last revised on 6 May 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

access.redhat.com (Advisory)
access.redhat.com (Report)
access.redhat.com (Report)
access.redhat.com (Report)
access.redhat.com (Report)
access.redhat.com (Report)
access.redhat.com (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
errata.almalinux.org (Advisory)
errata.almalinux.org (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

java-1.8.0-openjdk has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-07-17
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-05-06
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
java-1.8.0-openjdk — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9
java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el8
java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-fastdebug — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el8
java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-slowdebug — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el8
java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9
java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-fastdebug — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9
java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-slowdebug — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9
java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9
java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-fastdebug — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9
java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-slowdebug — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9
java-1.8.0-openjdk-fastdebug — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9
java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9
java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-fastdebug — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9
java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-slowdebug — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9
java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9
java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9
java-1.8.0-openjdk-slowdebug — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9
java-1.8.0-openjdk-src — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9
java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-fastdebug — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9
java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-slowdebug — 1:1.8.0.422.b05-2.el9

References

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