RHSA-2016:2089 - Security Advisory

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 upgrades Oracle Java SE 7 to version 7 Update 121.

Security Fix(es):

• This update fixes multiple 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-2016-5542, CVE-2016-5554, CVE-2016-5556, CVE-2016-5573, CVE-2016-5582, CVE-2016-5597)

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 Server) - Extended Update Support 7.2 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1385402 - CVE-2016-5582 OpenJDK: incomplete type checks of System.arraycopy arguments (Hotspot, 8160591)
• BZ - 1385544 - CVE-2016-5573 OpenJDK: insufficient checks of JDWP packets (Hotspot, 8159519)
• BZ - 1385714 - CVE-2016-5554 OpenJDK: insufficient classloader consistency checks in ClassLoaderWithRepository (JMX, 8157739)
• BZ - 1385723 - CVE-2016-5542 OpenJDK: missing algorithm restrictions for jar verification (Libraries, 8155973)
• BZ - 1386103 - CVE-2016-5597 OpenJDK: exposure of server authentication credentials to proxy (Networking, 8160838)
• BZ - 1386408 - CVE-2016-5556 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u131, 7u121, and 8u111 (2D)

CVEs

• CVE-2016-5542
• CVE-2016-5554
• CVE-2016-5556
• CVE-2016-5573
• CVE-2016-5582
• CVE-2016-5597

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html#AppendixJAVA
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaseproducts/documentation/javase7supportreleasenotes-1601161.html#R170_121