Jira Software 7.7.0 Java Vulnerabilities

Question

We have a JIRA 7.7.0 instance running on RHEL 7 server.  In Nessus Security Center, we are showing several vulnerabilities related to the JRE that is bundled with JIRA.  The current Java version is 1.8.0_102, which Nessus is complaining about.  My question is, can we safely replace the bundled JRE with a more up to date version to keep our system in compliance?  If not, is there a timeline on updating JIRA to use a more recent version of Java?

Thomas Deiler_db00h3 · Answer

Dear @Scott King,

was my answer fine enough to be accepted? Do you need more information?

Many thanks

Thomas

Thomas Deiler_db00h3 · Answer

Dear @Scott King,

I have over the past decade never used any bundled Java version and I had never any problems.

I think, it is save to update the JRE. But best practice in such situations (like OS Upgrade, JRE or DB Changes) - always perform these changes to a staging environment, first.

And: Read the release notes. Sometimes special JRE versions are excluded due to known issues.

So long

Thomas