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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2016:0515 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2016-03-24
Updated:
2016-03-24

RHSA-2016:0515 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Critical: java-1.7.0-oracle security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Topic

An update for java-1.7.0-oracle is now available for Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) 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 provides Oracle Java 7 Update 99.

Security Fix(es):

This update fixes one vulnerability in the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit. Further information about this flaw can be found on the Oracle Security Alert page listed in the References section. (CVE-2016-0636)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

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

All running instances of Oracle Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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 7.2 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 7.2 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 - 1320650 - CVE-2016-0636 OpenJDK: missing type safety checks for MethodHandle calls across class loaders, incorrect CVE-2013-5838 fix (Hotspot, 8151666)

CVEs

  • CVE-2016-0636

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
  • http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2016-0636-2949497.html
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) 7

SRPM
x86_64

Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) 6

SRPM
x86_64
i386

Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) 5

SRPM
x86_64
i386

Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Client) 7

SRPM
x86_64

Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Client) 6

SRPM
x86_64
i386

Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Client) 5

SRPM
x86_64
i386

Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Compute Node) 7

SRPM
x86_64

Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Compute Node) 6

SRPM
x86_64

Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Workstation) 7

SRPM
x86_64

Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Workstation) 6

SRPM
x86_64
i386

Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Workstation) 5

SRPM
x86_64
i386

Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Compute Node) - Extended Update Support 7.2

SRPM
x86_64

Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Compute Node) - Extended Update Support 6.7

SRPM
x86_64

Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) - Extended Update Support 7.2

SRPM
x86_64

Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) - Extended Update Support 6.7

SRPM
x86_64
i386

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.

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