RHSA-2015:0134 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated java-1.7.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 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 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-2014-6549, CVE-2014-6585,
CVE-2014-6587, CVE-2014-6591, CVE-2014-6593, CVE-2014-8891, CVE-2014-8892,
CVE-2015-0403, CVE-2015-0406, CVE-2015-0407, CVE-2015-0408, CVE-2015-0410,
CVE-2015-0412)

All users of java-1.7.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, containing the IBM Java SE 7 SR8-FP10 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 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 1183021 - CVE-2015-0412 OpenJDK: insufficient code privileges checks (JAX-WS, 8054367)
• BZ - 1183023 - CVE-2015-0408 OpenJDK: incorrect context class loader use in RMI transport (RMI, 8055309)
• BZ - 1183043 - CVE-2015-0407 OpenJDK: directory information leak via file chooser (Swing, 8055304)
• BZ - 1183044 - CVE-2015-0410 OpenJDK: DER decoder infinite loop (Security, 8059485)
• BZ - 1183049 - CVE-2014-6593 OpenJDK: incorrect tracking of ChangeCipherSpec during SSL/TLS handshake (JSSE, 8057555)
• BZ - 1183645 - CVE-2014-6585 ICU: font parsing OOB read (OpenJDK 2D, 8055489)
• BZ - 1183646 - CVE-2014-6591 ICU: font parsing OOB read (OpenJDK 2D, 8056276)
• BZ - 1183660 - CVE-2014-6549 OpenJDK: incorrect class loader permission check in ClassLoader getParent() (Libraries, 8055314)
• BZ - 1183715 - CVE-2014-6587 OpenJDK: MulticastSocket NULL pointer dereference (Libraries, 8056264)
• BZ - 1184275 - CVE-2015-0403 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u91, 7u75 and 8u31 (Deployment)
• BZ - 1184277 - CVE-2015-0406 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u91, 7u75 and 8u31 (Deployment)
• BZ - 1189142 - CVE-2014-8891 IBM JDK: unspecified full Java sandbox bypass fixed in Feb 2015 update
• BZ - 1189145 - CVE-2014-8892 IBM JDK: unspecified partial Java sandbox bypass fixed in Feb 2015 update

CVEs

• CVE-2014-6549
• CVE-2015-0406
• CVE-2015-0403
• CVE-2015-0408
• CVE-2015-0407
• CVE-2015-0410
• CVE-2014-6591
• CVE-2014-6593
• CVE-2014-6587
• CVE-2015-0412
• CVE-2014-6585
• CVE-2014-8892
• CVE-2014-8891

References

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