New in release OpenJDK 8u342 (2022-07-19)

• The release announcement can be found at: https://bitly.com/openjdk8u342
• Full release details can be found at https://builds.shipilev.net/backports-monitor/release-notes-openjdk8u342.txt

Security Fixes

• JDK-8272243: Improve DER parsing
• JDK-8272249: Better properties of loaded Properties
• JDK-8277608: Address IP Addressing
• JDK-8281859, CVE-2022-21540: Improve class compilation
• JDK-8281866, CVE-2022-21541: Enhance MethodHandle invocations
• JDK-8283190: Improve MIDI processing
• JDK-8284370: Improve zlib usage
• JDK-8285407, CVE-2022-34169: Improve Xalan supports

FIPS Changes

• RH2007331: SecretKey generate/import operations don't add the CKA_SIGN attribute in FIPS mode
• RH2051605: Detect NSS at Runtime for FIPS detection
• RH2036462: sun.security.pkcs11.wrapper.PKCS11.getInstance breakage
• RH2090378: Revert to disabling system security properties and FIPS mode support together
• Depend on crypto-policies package at build-time and run-time

Other Changes

• Add javaver- and origin-specific javadoc and javadoczip alternatives (thanks to FeRD (Frank Dana) ferdnyc@gmail.com)

JDK-8215293: Customizing PKCS12 keystore Generation

New system and security properties have been added to enable users to customize the generation of PKCS #12 keystores. This includes algorithms and parameters for key protection, certificate protection, and MacData. The detailed explanation and possible values for these properties can be found in the "PKCS12 KeyStore properties" section of the java.security file.

Also, support for the following SHA-2 based HmacPBE algorithms has been added to the SunJCE provider:

• HmacPBESHA224
• HmacPBESHA256
• HmacPBESHA384
• HmacPBESHA512
• HmacPBESHA512/224
• HmacPBESHA512/256