RHSA-2014:1880 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated java-1.7.1-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 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-2014-3065, CVE-2014-3566,
CVE-2014-4288, CVE-2014-6456, CVE-2014-6457, CVE-2014-6458, CVE-2014-6476,
CVE-2014-6492, CVE-2014-6493, CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6503, CVE-2014-6506,
CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6515, CVE-2014-6527, CVE-2014-6531,
CVE-2014-6532, CVE-2014-6558)

The CVE-2014-6512 issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat
Product Security.

Note: With this update, the IBM SDK now disables the SSL 3.0 protocol to
address the CVE-2014-3566 issue (also known as POODLE). Refer to the IBM
article linked to in the References section for additional details about
this change and instructions on how to re-enable SSL 3.0 support if needed.

All users of java-1.7.1-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, containing the IBM Java SE 7R1 SR2 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 Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• 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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 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 Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 7 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 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1071210 - CVE-2014-6512 OpenJDK: DatagramSocket connected socket missing source check (Libraries, 8039509)
• BZ - 1150155 - CVE-2014-6506 OpenJDK: insufficient permission checks when setting resource bundle on system logger (Libraries, 8041564)
• BZ - 1150651 - CVE-2014-6531 OpenJDK: insufficient ResourceBundle name check (Libraries, 8044274)
• BZ - 1150669 - CVE-2014-6502 OpenJDK: LogRecord use of incorrect CL when loading ResourceBundle (Libraries, 8042797)
• BZ - 1151046 - CVE-2014-6457 OpenJDK: Triple Handshake attack against TLS/SSL connections (JSSE, 8037066)
• BZ - 1151063 - CVE-2014-6558 OpenJDK: CipherInputStream incorrect exception handling (Security, 8037846)
• BZ - 1151517 - CVE-2014-6511 ICU: Layout Engine ContextualSubstitution missing boundary checks (JDK 2D, 8041540)
• BZ - 1152756 - CVE-2014-6532 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u85, 7u71 and 8u25 (Deployment)
• BZ - 1152757 - CVE-2014-6503 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u85, 7u71 and 8u25 (Deployment)
• BZ - 1152758 - CVE-2014-6456 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u71 and 8u25 (Deployment)
• BZ - 1152759 - CVE-2014-6492 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u85, 7u71 and 8u25 (Deployment)
• BZ - 1152760 - CVE-2014-6493 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u85, 7u71 and 8u25 (Deployment)
• BZ - 1152761 - CVE-2014-4288 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u85, 7u71 and 8u25 (Deployment)
• BZ - 1152763 - CVE-2014-6458 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u85, 7u71 and 8u25 (Deployment)
• BZ - 1152765 - CVE-2014-6476 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u71 and 8u25 (Deployment)
• BZ - 1152766 - CVE-2014-6515 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u85, 7u71 and 8u25 (Deployment)
• BZ - 1152767 - CVE-2014-6527 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u71 and 8u25 (Deployment)
• BZ - 1152789 - CVE-2014-3566 SSL/TLS: Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption attack
• BZ - 1162554 - CVE-2014-3065 IBM JDK: privilege escalation via shared class cache

CVEs

• CVE-2014-6502
• CVE-2014-6457
• CVE-2014-6506
• CVE-2014-6531
• CVE-2014-6558
• CVE-2014-6511
• CVE-2014-6512
• CVE-2014-6503
• CVE-2014-6532
• CVE-2014-4288
• CVE-2014-6458
• CVE-2014-6493
• CVE-2014-6492
• CVE-2014-6515
• CVE-2014-6456
• CVE-2014-6476
• CVE-2014-6527
• CVE-2014-3566
• CVE-2014-3065

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
• https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/
• https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21688165