JDK-8165936 : Potential Heap buffer overflow when seaching timezone info files
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.util:i18n
  • Affected Version: 6,7,8,9
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: linux,solaris
  • Submitted: 2016-09-13
  • Updated: 2020-07-24
  • Resolved: 2016-09-15
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8u261Fixed 9 b137Fixed openjdk8u272Fixed
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Description
When looking for platform-specific timezone info files, readdir_r() is used to list the content of the directory containing the zoneinfo file. The output buffer allocated is too short, which may result in readdir_r() to write beyond the end of the output buffer.
Comments
Fix Request (8u) Improves 8u reliability and keeps codebases in sync (I see 8u261). Patch does not apply cleanly to 8u. 8u RFR (reviewed by Thomas): https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2020-March/011485.html
30-03-2020