RHSA-2014:1042 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated java-1.7.1-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security 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 Release 1 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-2014-4208, CVE-2014-4209,
CVE-2014-4218, CVE-2014-4219, CVE-2014-4220, CVE-2014-4221, CVE-2014-4227,
CVE-2014-4244, CVE-2014-4252, CVE-2014-4262, CVE-2014-4263, CVE-2014-4265,
CVE-2014-4266)

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

All users of java-1.7.1-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, containing the IBM Java SE 7R1 SR1-FP1 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/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.2 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.3 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.2 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.2 x86_64

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 - 1119483 - CVE-2014-4221 OpenJDK: MethodHandles.Lookup insufficient modifiers checks (Libraries, 8035788)
• BZ - 1119596 - CVE-2014-4219 OpenJDK: Bytecode verification does not prevent ctor calls to this() and super() (Hotspot, 8035119)
• 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 - 1119615 - CVE-2014-4266 OpenJDK: InfoBuilder incorrect return values (Serviceability, 8033301)
• 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)
• BZ - 1119914 - CVE-2014-4220 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u65 and 8u11 (Deployment)
• BZ - 1119915 - CVE-2014-4208 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u65 and 8u11 (Deployment)

CVEs

• CVE-2014-3068
• CVE-2014-3086
• CVE-2014-4208
• CVE-2014-4209
• CVE-2014-4218
• CVE-2014-4219
• CVE-2014-4220
• CVE-2014-4221
• CVE-2014-4227
• CVE-2014-4244
• CVE-2014-4252
• CVE-2014-4262
• CVE-2014-4263
• CVE-2014-4265
• CVE-2014-4266

References

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