Bug 2080954 (CVE-2021-41041) - CVE-2021-41041 java-11-openj9,java-1_8_0-openj9: unverified methods can be invoked using MethodHandles
Summary: CVE-2021-41041 java-11-openj9,java-1_8_0-openj9: unverified methods can be in...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2021-41041
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2092639 2094031 2128190 2128191
Blocks: 2080955
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Reported: 2022-05-02 13:07 UTC by Avinash Hanwate
Modified: 2023-01-12 15:50 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2022-11-27 16:27:46 UTC
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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
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