RHSA-2023:0192 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: java-17-openjdk security and bug fix update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · January 18, 2023
Updated · October 9, 2026
Topic
An update for java-17-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The java-17-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 17 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 17 Java Software Development Kit.
Security Fix(es):
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OpenJDK: handshake DoS attack against DTLS connections (JSSE, 8287411) (CVE-2023-21835)
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OpenJDK: soundbank URL remote loading (Sound, 8293742) (CVE-2023-21843)
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.
Bug Fix(es):
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In FIPS mode, the use of a SQLite database provided by NSS was assumed, which was opened in read-only mode and with no PIN expected. This prevented the use of other databases or setting a PIN on the NSS database. This update allows more control over database use using two new properties - fips.nssdb.path and fips.nssdb.pin - which can be configured permanently in the java.security file or temporarily via command-line arguments to the Java virtual machine (RHBZ#2147473)
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Prepare for the next quarterly OpenJDK upstream release (2023-01, 17.0.6) [rhel-8] (BZ#2153010)