- Issued:
- 2015-04-20
- Updated:
- 2015-04-20
RHSA-2015:0857 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Critical: java-1.7.0-oracle security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Critical
Topic
Updated java-1.7.0-oracle packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.
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
Oracle Java SE version 7 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 Update Advisory page, listed in the References section.
(CVE-2005-1080, CVE-2015-0458, CVE-2015-0459, CVE-2015-0460, CVE-2015-0469,
CVE-2015-0477, CVE-2015-0478, CVE-2015-0480, CVE-2015-0484, CVE-2015-0488,
CVE-2015-0491, CVE-2015-0492)
The CVE-2015-0478 issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat
Product Security.
All users of java-1.7.0-oracle are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which provide Oracle Java 7 Update 79 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.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
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 7.1 x86_64
- Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Compute Node) - Extended Update Support 6.6 x86_64
- Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) - Extended Update Support 7.1 x86_64
- Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) - Extended Update Support 6.6 x86_64
- Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) - Extended Update Support 6.6 i386
- Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) - AUS 6.6 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 606442 - CVE-2005-1080 jar: directory traversal vulnerability
- BZ - 1210355 - CVE-2015-0478 OpenJDK: insufficient hardening of RSA-CRT implementation (JCE, 8071726)
- BZ - 1210829 - CVE-2015-0469 ICU: layout engine glyphStorage off-by-one (OpenJDK 2D, 8067699)
- BZ - 1211285 - CVE-2015-0460 OpenJDK: incorrect handling of phantom references (Hotspot, 8071931)
- BZ - 1211299 - CVE-2015-0477 OpenJDK: incorrect permissions check in resource loading (Beans, 8068320)
- BZ - 1211504 - CVE-2015-0480 OpenJDK: jar directory traversal issues (Tools, 8064601)
- BZ - 1211543 - CVE-2015-0488 OpenJDK: certificate options parsing uncaught exception (JSSE, 8068720)
- BZ - 1211768 - CVE-2015-0459 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 5.0u85, 6u95, 7u79 and 8u45 (2D)
- BZ - 1211769 - CVE-2015-0491 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 5.0u85, 6u95, 7u79 and 8u45 (2D)
- BZ - 1211770 - CVE-2015-0492 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u79 and 8u45 (JavaFX)
- BZ - 1211771 - CVE-2015-0458 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u95, 7u79 and 8u45 (Deployment)
- BZ - 1211773 - CVE-2015-0484 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u79 and 8u45 (JavaFX)
CVEs
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