Bug 2080954 (CVE-2021-41041)

Summary:	CVE-2021-41041 java-11-openj9,java-1_8_0-openj9: unverified methods can be invoked using MethodHandles
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	jhuttana
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Bug Depends On:	2092639, 2094031, 2128190, 2128191
Bug Blocks:	2080955

Description Avinash Hanwate 2022-05-02 13:07:42 UTC

In Eclipse Openj9 before version 0.32.0, Java 8 & 11 fail to throw the exception captured during bytecode verification when verification is triggered by a MethodHandle invocation, allowing unverified methods to be invoked using MethodHandles.

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=579744
https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/pull/14935

Comment 2 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2022-09-20 08:25:45 UTC

IBM Security Update May 2022 (https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-sdk-security-vulnerabilities#IBM_Security_Update_May_2022) states that this issue was fixed in IBM JDK 8.0.7.10. The java-1.8.0-ibm packages as shipped with Red Hat products were previously updated to a version that contains the fix via the following errata:

java-1.8.0-ibm in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Supplementary
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4959

java-1.8.0-ibm in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5837

Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-11-27 16:27:45 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-41041