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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:1721 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2018-05-24
Updated:
2018-05-24

RHSA-2018:1721 - Security Advisory

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Synopsis

Important: java-1.8.0-ibm security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

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Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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-FP15.

Security Fix(es):

  • OpenJDK: unrestricted deserialization of data from JCEKS key stores (Security, 8189997) (CVE-2018-2794)
  • Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u191, 7u171, and 8u161 (Security) (CVE-2018-2783)
  • OpenJDK: insufficient consistency checks in deserialization of multiple classes (Security, 8189977) (CVE-2018-2795)
  • OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in PriorityBlockingQueue (Concurrency, 8189981) (CVE-2018-2796)
  • OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in TabularDataSupport (JMX, 8189985) (CVE-2018-2797)
  • OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in Container (AWT, 8189989) (CVE-2018-2798)
  • OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in NamedNodeMapImpl (JAXP, 8189993) (CVE-2018-2799)
  • OpenJDK: RMI HTTP transport enabled by default (RMI, 8193833) (CVE-2018-2800)
  • OpenJDK: incorrect merging of sections in the JAR manifest (Security, 8189969) (CVE-2018-2790)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 1567126 - CVE-2018-2794 OpenJDK: unrestricted deserialization of data from JCEKS key stores (Security, 8189997)
  • BZ - 1567351 - CVE-2018-2795 OpenJDK: insufficient consistency checks in deserialization of multiple classes (Security, 8189977)
  • BZ - 1567542 - CVE-2018-2799 OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in NamedNodeMapImpl (JAXP, 8189993)
  • BZ - 1567543 - CVE-2018-2798 OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in Container (AWT, 8189989)
  • BZ - 1567545 - CVE-2018-2797 OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in TabularDataSupport (JMX, 8189985)
  • BZ - 1567546 - CVE-2018-2796 OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in PriorityBlockingQueue (Concurrency, 8189981)
  • BZ - 1568163 - CVE-2018-2800 OpenJDK: RMI HTTP transport enabled by default (RMI, 8193833)
  • BZ - 1568515 - CVE-2018-2790 OpenJDK: incorrect merging of sections in the JAR manifest (Security, 8189969)
  • BZ - 1569204 - CVE-2018-2783 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u191, 7u171, and 8u161 (Security)

CVEs

  • CVE-2018-2783
  • CVE-2018-2790
  • CVE-2018-2794
  • CVE-2018-2795
  • CVE-2018-2796
  • CVE-2018-2797
  • CVE-2018-2798
  • CVE-2018-2799
  • CVE-2018-2800

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
x86_64
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 219dfa11a8f88c68b76945b5543a05ed11ae9b0d3acb652d1fcfbc1ac3b65d51
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 91aabbdae42df92e0656173c77055d9e179b36add827ff744e4639b2e82a0157
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ed1ee3138ef1147eb92122299169c2282e2a34e4e9eef302254f03355a6a51a2
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 34958b69040525d2181071bc1e7e62ad96b0d4d99de7f7fb1456e8505b26440b
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ec7ed7ced38db684146a463a6cd8f720d535d524719b5e75dd251435d85c93ca
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b5b1cc639f355bdae15d9455bda01bb62e4bed49caa9064147ae0bf44a46075

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
x86_64
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 219dfa11a8f88c68b76945b5543a05ed11ae9b0d3acb652d1fcfbc1ac3b65d51
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 91aabbdae42df92e0656173c77055d9e179b36add827ff744e4639b2e82a0157
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ed1ee3138ef1147eb92122299169c2282e2a34e4e9eef302254f03355a6a51a2
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 34958b69040525d2181071bc1e7e62ad96b0d4d99de7f7fb1456e8505b26440b
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ec7ed7ced38db684146a463a6cd8f720d535d524719b5e75dd251435d85c93ca
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b5b1cc639f355bdae15d9455bda01bb62e4bed49caa9064147ae0bf44a46075

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
x86_64
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 219dfa11a8f88c68b76945b5543a05ed11ae9b0d3acb652d1fcfbc1ac3b65d51
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 91aabbdae42df92e0656173c77055d9e179b36add827ff744e4639b2e82a0157
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ed1ee3138ef1147eb92122299169c2282e2a34e4e9eef302254f03355a6a51a2
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 34958b69040525d2181071bc1e7e62ad96b0d4d99de7f7fb1456e8505b26440b
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ec7ed7ced38db684146a463a6cd8f720d535d524719b5e75dd251435d85c93ca
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b5b1cc639f355bdae15d9455bda01bb62e4bed49caa9064147ae0bf44a46075

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
s390x
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f974c4282215411b2957520c65b15967c6fc0124acd610229e448ff8f9138247
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 48787f19071b0c7f22a7e38bd2b2fa292f9ce06815befcd2c3c9b0ef99c1a818
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dfa9f00fdf80ae677e9c15dda6ec8e5787c254e7d933cca173b97641fe74a858
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1c7b6fbd7c0624b126fb0be6bd342acd72c9aaef39b50f6f431391948828637a
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e306b69fc3ec07ac4ed86744d2942931498053ea9e4c077ddb80f4ce079c656a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
ppc64
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: f739252bda2721e1dcac9b5fc9f7b41038ab063070c5927fdb78320c46c152b5
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 1a6bb1c067a97d172ad9b2c20eadf0716ffb45e500c7886dd65511674d4759ba
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 45bc6b8cae7d7eeef9bacc3d1ac91d10a08512b74174b721981b555feedf2b3b
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 8cc6a88c06762066584d6f3ef10225d8af45c2d8e8564c7bfd9d29b8a038ae9c
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: d18e01562a5bec28b03b2f5f6b0383adf09b0c35af52980639583d8dd135a57e
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 34f1dcf8c5e8dbf92c45458887ad59c24281340034c00005b61276e088bfe431

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
x86_64
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 219dfa11a8f88c68b76945b5543a05ed11ae9b0d3acb652d1fcfbc1ac3b65d51
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 91aabbdae42df92e0656173c77055d9e179b36add827ff744e4639b2e82a0157
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ed1ee3138ef1147eb92122299169c2282e2a34e4e9eef302254f03355a6a51a2
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b5b1cc639f355bdae15d9455bda01bb62e4bed49caa9064147ae0bf44a46075

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
ppc64le
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2b6959571d25ab3036b0b4293a327f5714c8fdf696b0b9be792c69729ccc023f
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 10002034a2788740794f406a053598b3263de8a63f676abe1d188cd84f26cc20
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 3a0856c37d1427fdf2b6010cc25e02a0ba6ae0639be565fba1bf1763523d9fff
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 651e37746dcdef6538607a08df20cba0cc86c97893a8d03b6b488e2dc78d8643
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 5646a6932aececd14213559bf30c37201b25513cfd98e2db3986a7a51a509c8c

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