Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.

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

IBM Java SE version 8 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.

This update upgrades IBM Java SE 8 to version 8 SR5-FP10.

Security Fix(es):

• This update fixes multiple 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 Vulnerabilities page listed in the References section. (CVE-2018-2579, CVE-2018-2582, CVE-2018-2588, CVE-2018-2599, CVE-2018-2602, CVE-2018-2603, CVE-2018-2618, CVE-2018-2633, CVE-2018-2634, CVE-2018-2637, CVE-2018-2638, CVE-2018-2639, CVE-2018-2641, CVE-2018-2663, CVE-2018-2677, CVE-2018-2678)

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 IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1534263 - CVE-2018-2678 OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation in BasicAttributes deserialization (JNDI, 8191142)
• BZ - 1534288 - CVE-2018-2677 OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization (AWT, 8190289)
• BZ - 1534296 - CVE-2018-2663 OpenJDK: ArrayBlockingQueue deserialization to an inconsistent state (Libraries, 8189284)
• BZ - 1534298 - CVE-2018-2579 OpenJDK: unsynchronized access to encryption key data (Libraries, 8172525)
• BZ - 1534299 - CVE-2018-2588 OpenJDK: LdapLoginModule insufficient username encoding in LDAP query (LDAP, 8178449)
• BZ - 1534525 - CVE-2018-2602 OpenJDK: loading of classes from untrusted locations (I18n, 8182601)
• BZ - 1534543 - CVE-2018-2599 OpenJDK: DnsClient missing source port randomization (JNDI, 8182125)
• BZ - 1534553 - CVE-2018-2603 OpenJDK: DerValue unbounded memory allocation (Libraries, 8182387)
• BZ - 1534762 - CVE-2018-2618 OpenJDK: insufficient strength of key agreement (JCE, 8185292)
• BZ - 1534766 - CVE-2018-2641 OpenJDK: GTK library loading use-after-free (AWT, 8185325)
• BZ - 1534768 - CVE-2018-2582 OpenJDK: insufficient validation of the invokeinterface instruction (Hotspot, 8174962)
• BZ - 1534943 - CVE-2018-2634 OpenJDK: use of global credentials for HTTP/SPNEGO (JGSS, 8186600)
• BZ - 1534970 - CVE-2018-2637 OpenJDK: SingleEntryRegistry incorrect setup of deserialization filter (JMX, 8186998)
• BZ - 1535036 - CVE-2018-2633 OpenJDK: LDAPCertStore insecure handling of LDAP referrals (JNDI, 8186606)
• BZ - 1535350 - CVE-2018-2638 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 8u161 and 9.0.4 (Deployment)
• BZ - 1535351 - CVE-2018-2639 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 8u161 and 9.0.4 (Deployment)

CVEs

• CVE-2018-1417
• CVE-2018-2579
• CVE-2018-2582
• CVE-2018-2588
• CVE-2018-2599
• CVE-2018-2602
• CVE-2018-2603
• CVE-2018-2618
• CVE-2018-2633
• CVE-2018-2634
• CVE-2018-2637
• CVE-2018-2638
• CVE-2018-2639
• CVE-2018-2641
• CVE-2018-2663
• CVE-2018-2677
• CVE-2018-2678

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
• https://developer.ibm.com/javasdk/support/security-vulnerabilities/