Topic

Updated java-1.6.0-sun packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
Important 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

Oracle Java SE version 6 includes the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and
the Oracle Java Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the Oracle Java Runtime
Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit. Further
information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Java SE Critical
Patch page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2014-4219,
CVE-2014-4216, CVE-2014-4262, CVE-2014-4209, CVE-2014-4218,
CVE-2014-4252, CVE-2014-4244, CVE-2014-4263, CVE-2014-4227,
CVE-2014-4265)

The CVE-2014-4262 issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat
Product Security.

Note: The way in which the Oracle Java SE packages are delivered has
changed. They now reside in a separate channel/repository that requires
action from the user to perform prior to getting updated packages.
For information on subscribing to the new channel/repository please refer
to: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/732883

All users of java-1.6.0-sun are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which provide Oracle Java 6 Update 81 and resolve these issues.
All running instances of Oracle 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/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) 7 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) 6 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) 6 i386
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) 5 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) 5 i386
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Client) 7 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Client) 6 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Client) 6 i386
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Client) 5 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Client) 5 i386
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Compute Node) 7 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Compute Node) 6 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Workstation) 7 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Workstation) 6 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Workstation) 6 i386
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Workstation) 5 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Workstation) 5 i386
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Compute Node) - Extended Update Support 6.5 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) - Extended Update Support 6.5 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) - Extended Update Support 6.5 i386
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) - AUS 6.5 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) - AUS 6.5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 1075795 - CVE-2014-4262 OpenJDK: AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater missing primitive type check (Libraries, 8039520)
• BZ - 1119475 - CVE-2014-4244 OpenJDK: RSA blinding issues (Security, 8031346)
• BZ - 1119476 - CVE-2014-4263 OpenJDK: insufficient Diffie-Hellman public key validation (Security, 8037162)
• BZ - 1119596 - CVE-2014-4219 OpenJDK: Bytecode verification does not prevent ctor calls to this() and super() (Hotspot, 8035119)
• BZ - 1119600 - CVE-2014-4216 OpenJDK: Incorrect generic signature attribute parsing (Hotspot, 8037076)
• BZ - 1119608 - CVE-2014-4209 OpenJDK: SubjectDelegator protection insufficient (JMX, 8029755)
• BZ - 1119611 - CVE-2014-4218 OpenJDK: Clone interfaces passed to proxy methods (Libraries, 8035009)
• BZ - 1119613 - CVE-2014-4252 OpenJDK: Prevent instantiation of service with non-public constructor (Security, 8035004)
• BZ - 1119912 - CVE-2014-4227 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u81, 7u65 and 8u11 (Deployment)
• BZ - 1119913 - CVE-2014-4265 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u81, 7u65 and 8u11 (Deployment)

CVEs

• CVE-2014-4209
• CVE-2014-4216
• CVE-2014-4218
• CVE-2014-4219
• CVE-2014-4227
• CVE-2014-4244
• CVE-2014-4252
• CVE-2014-4262
• CVE-2014-4263
• CVE-2014-4265

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html#AppendixJAVA
• https://access.redhat.com/solutions/732883