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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Oracle JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: March 14, 2019
     Bugs: #653560, #661456, #676134
       ID: 201903-14

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Oracle’s JDK and JRE
software suites.

Background
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Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) lets you develop and deploy
Java applications on desktops and servers, as well as in today’s
demanding embedded environments. Java offers the rich user interface,
performance, versatility, portability, and security that today’s
applications require.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin    < 1.8.0.202              >= 1.8.0.202 
  2  dev-java/oracle-jre-bin    < 1.8.0.202              >= 1.8.0.202 
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     2 affected packages

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle’s JDK and JRE
software suites. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for
details.

Impact
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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
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Oracle JDK bin users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin-1.8.0.202"

All Oracle JRE bin users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=dev-java/oracle-jre-bin-1.8.0.202"

References
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[  1 ] CVE-2018-2790
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2790
[  2 ] CVE-2018-2794
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2794
[  3 ] CVE-2018-2795
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2795
[  4 ] CVE-2018-2796
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2796
[  5 ] CVE-2018-2797
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2797
[  6 ] CVE-2018-2798
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2798
[  7 ] CVE-2018-2799
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2799
[  8 ] CVE-2018-2800
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2800
[  9 ] CVE-2018-2811
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2811
[ 10 ] CVE-2018-2814
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2814
[ 11 ] CVE-2018-2815
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2815
[ 12 ] CVE-2019-2422
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2422
[ 13 ] CVE-2019-2426
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2426

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-14

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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