Security Fix(es) :

  - An untrusted library search path flaw was found in the     JCE component of OpenJDK. A local attacker could     possibly use this flaw to cause a Java application using     JCE to load an attacker-controlled library and hence     escalate their privileges. (CVE-2017-3511)

  - It was found that the JAXP component of OpenJDK failed     to correctly enforce parse tree size limits when parsing     XML document. An attacker able to make a Java     application parse a specially crafted XML document could     use this flaw to make it consume an excessive amount of     CPU and memory. (CVE-2017-3526)

  - It was discovered that the HTTP client implementation in     the Networking component of OpenJDK could cache and     re-use an NTLM authenticated connection in a different     security context. A remote attacker could possibly use     this flaw to make a Java application perform HTTP     requests authenticated with credentials of a different     user. (CVE-2017-3509)

Note: This update adds support for the 'jdk.ntlm.cache' system property which, when set to false, prevents caching of NTLM connections and authentications and hence prevents this issue.
However, caching remains enabled by default.

  - It was discovered that the Security component of OpenJDK     did not allow users to restrict the set of algorithms     allowed for Jar integrity verification. This flaw could     allow an attacker to modify content of the Jar file that     used weak signing key or hash algorithm. (CVE-2017-3539)

Note: This updates extends the fix for CVE-2016-5542 released as part of the SLSA-2016:2079 erratum to no longer allow the MD5 hash algorithm during the Jar integrity verification by adding it to the jdk.jar.disabledAlgorithms security property.

  - Newline injection flaws were discovered in FTP and SMTP     client implementations in the Networking component in     OpenJDK. A remote attacker could possibly use these     flaws to manipulate FTP or SMTP connections established     by a Java application. (CVE-2017-3533, CVE-2017-3544)

Note: If the web browser plug-in provided by the icedtea-web package was installed, the issues exposed via Java applets could have been exploited without user interaction if a user visited a malicious website.

Bug Fix(es) :

  - When a method is called using the Java Debug Wire     Protocol (JDWP) 'invokeMethod' command in a target Java     virtual machine, JDWP creates global references for     every Object that is implied in the method invocation,     as well as for the returned argument of the reference     type. Previously, the global references created for such     arguments were not collected (deallocated) by the     garbage collector after 'invokeMethod' finished. This     consequently caused memory leaks, and because references     to such objects were never released, the debugged     application could be terminated with an Out of Memory     error. This bug has been fixed, and the described     problem no longer occurs.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201707-01 (IcedTea: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in IcedTea. Please review       the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    Note: If the web browser plug-in provided by the dev-java/icedtea-web       package was installed, the issues exposed via Java applets could have       been exploited without user interaction if a user visited a malicious       website.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the       privileges of the process, gain access to information, or cause a Denial       of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

An update of the openjdk8 package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
99622	Scientific Linux Security Update : java-1.8.0-openjdk on SL7.x x86_64 (20170421)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	4/24/2017	12/23/2025	high
101248	GLSA-201707-01 : IcedTea: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	7/6/2017	12/12/2025	critical
203588	Photon OS 4.0: Openjdk8 PHSA-2023-4.0-0413	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/23/2024	7/24/2024	critical
127348	NewStart CGSL MAIN 4.05 : java-1.8.0-openjdk Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0111)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	8/12/2019	5/7/2024	critical

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