CVE-2023-21843 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2023-21843: Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Sound). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u351, 8u351-perf, 11.0.17, 17.0.5, 19.0.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.8, 21.3.4 and 22.3.0. Difficult to explo

Affects 8 Linux releases across 20 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2023-21843 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

openjdk-11→ fixed in11.0.18+10-1~deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y openjdk-11
```
openjdk-17→ fixed in17.0.6+10-1~deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y openjdk-17
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

openjdk-17→ fixed in17.0.6+10-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y openjdk-17
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

openjdk-21→ fixed in21~7ea-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y openjdk-21
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

openjdk11→ fixed in11.0.18_p10-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade openjdk11

openjdk17→ fixed in17.0.6_p10-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade openjdk17

openjdk8→ fixed in8.362.09-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade openjdk8

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

openjdk11→ fixed in11.0.18_p10-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade openjdk11

openjdk17→ fixed in17.0.6_p10-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade openjdk17

openjdk8→ fixed in8.362.09-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade openjdk8

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

openjdk11→ fixed in11.0.18_p10-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade openjdk11

openjdk17→ fixed in17.0.6_p10-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade openjdk17

openjdk8→ fixed in8.362.09-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade openjdk8

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

openjdk11→ fixed in11.0.18_p10-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade openjdk11

openjdk17→ fixed in17.0.6_p10-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade openjdk17

openjdk8→ fixed in8.362.09-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade openjdk8

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

openjdk11→ fixed in11.0.18_p10-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade openjdk11

openjdk17→ fixed in17.0.6_p10-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade openjdk17

openjdk19→ fixed in19.0.2_p7-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade openjdk19

openjdk8→ fixed in8.362.09-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade openjdk8

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