RHSA-2018:2253 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-oracle is now available for 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 8 includes the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit.

This update upgrades Oracle Java SE 8 to version 8 Update 181.

Security Fix(es):

• Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (JavaFX) (CVE-2018-2941)
• Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 8u181 and 10.0.2 (Deployment) (CVE-2018-2964)
• Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u201, 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (Libraries) (CVE-2018-2940)
• OpenJDK: insufficient index validation in PatternSyntaxException getMessage() (Concurrency, 8199547) (CVE-2018-2952)
• Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u201, 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (JSSE) (CVE-2018-2973)

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 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 Client) 7 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Compute Node) 7 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Workstation) 7 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Compute Node) - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
• Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1600925 - CVE-2018-2952 OpenJDK: insufficient index validation in PatternSyntaxException getMessage() (Concurrency, 8199547)
• BZ - 1602142 - CVE-2018-2964 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 8u181 and 10.0.2 (Deployment)
• BZ - 1602143 - CVE-2018-2941 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (JavaFX)
• BZ - 1602145 - CVE-2018-2973 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u201, 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (JSSE)
• BZ - 1602146 - CVE-2018-2940 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u201, 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (Libraries)

CVEs

• CVE-2018-2940
• CVE-2018-2941
• CVE-2018-2952
• CVE-2018-2964
• CVE-2018-2973

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical