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Red Hat: CVE-2018-12549: CVE-2018-12549 IBM JDK: missing null check when accelerating Unsafe calls (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2018-12549: CVE-2018-12549 IBM JDK: missing null check when accelerating Unsafe calls (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/11/2019
Created
03/19/2019
Added
03/07/2019
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

In Eclipse OpenJ9 version 0.11.0, the OpenJ9 JIT compiler may incorrectly omit a null check on the receiver object of an Unsafe call when accelerating it.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-java-1-8-0-ibm
  • redhat-upgrade-java-1-8-0-ibm-demo
  • redhat-upgrade-java-1-8-0-ibm-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-java-1-8-0-ibm-headless
  • redhat-upgrade-java-1-8-0-ibm-jdbc
  • redhat-upgrade-java-1-8-0-ibm-plugin
  • redhat-upgrade-java-1-8-0-ibm-src
  • redhat-upgrade-java-1-8-0-ibm-webstart

References

  • CVE-2018-12549
  • RHSA-2019:0469
  • RHSA-2019:0472
  • RHSA-2019:0640
  • RHSA-2019:1238

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