- Issued:
- 2015-10-22
- Updated:
- 2015-10-22
RHSA-2015:1928 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Important: java-1.6.0-sun security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
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.
Red Hat Product Security 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 Update Advisory page, listed in the References section.
(CVE-2015-4734, CVE-2015-4803, CVE-2015-4805, CVE-2015-4806, CVE-2015-4835,
CVE-2015-4842, CVE-2015-4843, CVE-2015-4844, CVE-2015-4860, CVE-2015-4872,
CVE-2015-4881, CVE-2015-4882, CVE-2015-4883, CVE-2015-4893, CVE-2015-4902,
CVE-2015-4903, CVE-2015-4911)
Red Hat would like to thank Andrea Palazzo of Truel IT for reporting the
CVE-2015-4806 issue.
All users of java-1.6.0-sun are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which provide Oracle Java 6 Update 105 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 6.7 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 6.7 x86_64
- Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) - Extended Update Support 6.7 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 1233687 - CVE-2015-4806 OpenJDK: HttpURLConnection header restriction bypass (Libraries, 8130193)
- BZ - 1273022 - CVE-2015-4835 OpenJDK: insufficient permission checks in StubGenerator (CORBA, 8076383)
- BZ - 1273027 - CVE-2015-4881 OpenJDK: missing type checks in IIOPInputStream (CORBA, 8076392)
- BZ - 1273053 - CVE-2015-4843 OpenJDK: java.nio Buffers integer overflow issues (Libraries, 8130891)
- BZ - 1273304 - CVE-2015-4883 OpenJDK: incorrect access control context used in DGCClient (RMI, 8076413)
- BZ - 1273308 - CVE-2015-4860 OpenJDK: incorrect access control context used in DGCImpl (RMI, 8080688)
- BZ - 1273311 - CVE-2015-4805 OpenJDK: missing checks for proper initialization in ObjectStreamClass (Serialization, 8103671)
- BZ - 1273318 - CVE-2015-4844 ICU: missing boundary checks in layout engine (OpenJDK 2D, 8132042)
- BZ - 1273414 - CVE-2015-4882 OpenJDK: incorrect String object deserialization in IIOPInputStream (CORBA, 8076387)
- BZ - 1273425 - CVE-2015-4842 OpenJDK: leak of user.dir location (JAXP, 8078427)
- BZ - 1273430 - CVE-2015-4734 OpenJDK: kerberos realm name leak (JGSS, 8048030)
- BZ - 1273496 - CVE-2015-4903 OpenJDK: insufficient proxy class checks in RemoteObjectInvocationHandler (RMI, 8076339)
- BZ - 1273637 - CVE-2015-4803 OpenJDK: inefficient use of hash tables and lists during XML parsing (JAXP, 8068842)
- BZ - 1273638 - CVE-2015-4893 OpenJDK: incomplete MaxXMLNameLimit enforcement (JAXP, 8086733)
- BZ - 1273645 - CVE-2015-4911 OpenJDK: incomplete supportDTD enforcement (JAXP, 8130078)
- BZ - 1273734 - CVE-2015-4872 OpenJDK: incomplete constraints enforcement by AlgorithmChecker (Security, 8131291)
- BZ - 1273860 - CVE-2015-4902 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u105, 7u91 and 8u65 (Deployment)
CVEs
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