Topic

Updated java-1.6.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 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 6 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. Further information
about these flaws can be found on the IBM Java Security alerts 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-2015-4882, CVE-2015-4883, CVE-2015-4893,
CVE-2015-4902, CVE-2015-4903, CVE-2015-5006)

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-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, containing the IBM Java SE 6 SR16-FP15 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.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 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 from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.7 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.7 x86_64

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 - 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 - 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)
• BZ - 1282379 - CVE-2015-5006 IBM JDK: local disclosure of kerberos credentials cache

CVEs

• CVE-2015-4902
• CVE-2015-4843
• CVE-2015-4842
• CVE-2015-4872
• CVE-2015-4860
• CVE-2015-4844
• CVE-2015-4893
• CVE-2015-4883
• CVE-2015-4734
• CVE-2015-4882
• CVE-2015-4903
• CVE-2015-4806
• CVE-2015-4805
• CVE-2015-4803
• CVE-2015-4835
• CVE-2015-5006

References

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