RHSA-2012:1467 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated java-1.7.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.

Description

IBM Java SE version 7 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM
Java Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java Runtime
Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit. Detailed
vulnerability descriptions are linked from the IBM Security alerts page,
listed in the References section. (CVE-2012-1531, CVE-2012-1532,
CVE-2012-1533, CVE-2012-1718, CVE-2012-3143, CVE-2012-3159, CVE-2012-3216,
CVE-2012-4820, CVE-2012-4821, CVE-2012-4822, CVE-2012-4823, CVE-2012-5067,
CVE-2012-5069, CVE-2012-5070, CVE-2012-5071, CVE-2012-5072, CVE-2012-5073,
CVE-2012-5074, CVE-2012-5075, CVE-2012-5076, CVE-2012-5077, CVE-2012-5079,
CVE-2012-5081, CVE-2012-5083, CVE-2012-5084, CVE-2012-5086, CVE-2012-5087,
CVE-2012-5088, CVE-2012-5089)

All users of java-1.7.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, containing the IBM Java SE 7 SR3 release. All running instances
of IBM Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.3 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.3 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 829372 - CVE-2012-1718 OpenJDK: CRL and certificate extensions handling improvements (Security, 7143872)
• BZ - 865346 - CVE-2012-3216 OpenJDK: java.io.FilePermission information leak (Libraries, 6631398)
• BZ - 865350 - CVE-2012-5070 OpenJDK: EnvHelp information disclosure (JMX, 7158796)
• BZ - 865352 - CVE-2012-5076 OpenJDK: com.sun.org.glassfish.* not restricted packages (JAX-WS, 7163198)
• BZ - 865354 - CVE-2012-5077 OpenJDK: SecureRandom mulitple seeders information disclosure (Security, 7167656)
• BZ - 865357 - CVE-2012-5073 OpenJDK: LogManager security bypass (Libraries, 7169884)
• BZ - 865359 - CVE-2012-5074 OpenJDK: com.sun.org.glassfish.* not restricted packages (JAX-WS, 7169887)
• BZ - 865363 - CVE-2012-5075 OpenJDK: RMIConnectionImpl information disclosure (JMX, 7169888)
• BZ - 865365 - CVE-2012-5072 OpenJDK: AccessController.doPrivilegedWithCombiner() information disclosure (Security, 7172522)
• BZ - 865370 - CVE-2012-5081 OpenJDK: JSSE denial of service (JSSE, 7186286)
• BZ - 865428 - CVE-2012-5086 OpenJDK: XMLDecoder sandbox restriction bypass (Beans, 7195917)
• BZ - 865434 - CVE-2012-5087 OpenJDK: PropertyElementHandler insufficient access checks (Beans, 7195549)
• BZ - 865471 - CVE-2012-5088 OpenJDK: MethodHandle insufficient access control checks (Libraries, 7196190)
• BZ - 865511 - CVE-2012-5084 OpenJDK: DefaultFormatter insufficient data validation (Swing, 7195194)
• BZ - 865514 - CVE-2012-5089 OpenJDK: RMIConnectionImpl insufficient access control checks (JMX, 7198296)
• BZ - 865519 - CVE-2012-5071 OpenJDK: DescriptorSupport insufficient package access checks (JMX, 7192975)
• BZ - 865531 - CVE-2012-5069 OpenJDK: Executors state handling issues (Concurrency, 7189103)
• BZ - 865568 - CVE-2012-5079 OpenJDK: ServiceLoader reject not subtype classes without instantiating (Libraries, 7195919)
• BZ - 867185 - CVE-2012-1531 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability (2D)
• BZ - 867186 - CVE-2012-1532 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability (Deployment)
• BZ - 867187 - CVE-2012-1533 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability (Deployment)
• BZ - 867189 - CVE-2012-3143 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability (JMX)
• BZ - 867190 - CVE-2012-3159 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability (Deployment)
• BZ - 867192 - CVE-2012-5067 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability (Deployment)
• BZ - 867193 - CVE-2012-5083 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability (2D)
• BZ - 876386 - CVE-2012-4820 IBM JDK: java.lang.reflect.Method invoke() code execution
• BZ - 876387 - CVE-2012-4821 IBM JDK: getDeclaredMethods() and setAccessible() code execution
• BZ - 876388 - CVE-2012-4822 IBM JDK: java.lang.class code execution
• BZ - 876389 - CVE-2012-4823 IBM JDK: java.lang.ClassLoder defineClass() code execution

CVEs

• CVE-2011-3544
• CVE-2012-1718
• CVE-2012-5084
• CVE-2012-5079
• CVE-2012-5086
• CVE-2012-5081
• CVE-2012-5069
• CVE-2012-3216
• CVE-2012-5071
• CVE-2012-5072
• CVE-2012-5073
• CVE-2012-5089
• CVE-2012-5075
• CVE-2012-5077
• CVE-2012-3159
• CVE-2012-3143
• CVE-2012-1531
• CVE-2012-1533
• CVE-2012-1532
• CVE-2012-5083
• CVE-2012-5067
• CVE-2012-5088
• CVE-2012-5070
• CVE-2012-5087
• CVE-2012-5074
• CVE-2012-5076
• CVE-2012-4820
• CVE-2012-4822
• CVE-2012-4823
• CVE-2012-4821
• CVE-2013-1475

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
• https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/