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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:2575 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2018-08-28
Updated:
2018-08-28

RHSA-2018:2575 - 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 6 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-FP20.

Security Fix(es):

  • IBM JDK: privilege escalation via insufficiently restricted access to Attach API (CVE-2018-12539)
  • openssl: BN_mod_exp may produce incorrect results on x86_64 (CVE-2017-3732)
  • openssl: bn_sqrx8x_internal carry bug on x86_64 (CVE-2017-3736)
  • IBM JDK: DoS in the java.math component (CVE-2018-1517)
  • IBM JDK: path traversal flaw in the Diagnostic Tooling Framework (CVE-2018-1656)
  • 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)
  • OpenSSL: Double-free in DSA code (CVE-2016-0705)

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.

Red Hat would like to thank the OpenSSL project for reporting CVE-2016-0705. Upstream acknowledges Adam Langley (Google/BoringSSL) as the original reporter of CVE-2016-0705.

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 - 1310596 - CVE-2016-0705 OpenSSL: Double-free in DSA code
  • BZ - 1416856 - CVE-2017-3732 openssl: BN_mod_exp may produce incorrect results on x86_64
  • BZ - 1509169 - CVE-2017-3736 openssl: bn_sqrx8x_internal carry bug on x86_64
  • BZ - 1600925 - CVE-2018-2952 OpenJDK: insufficient index validation in PatternSyntaxException getMessage() (Concurrency, 8199547)
  • 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)
  • BZ - 1618767 - CVE-2018-12539 IBM JDK: privilege escalation via insufficiently restricted access to Attach API
  • BZ - 1618869 - CVE-2018-1656 IBM JDK: path traversal flaw in the Diagnostic Tooling Framework
  • BZ - 1618871 - CVE-2018-1517 IBM JDK: DoS in the java.math component

CVEs

  • CVE-2016-0705
  • CVE-2017-3732
  • CVE-2017-3736
  • CVE-2018-1517
  • CVE-2018-1656
  • CVE-2018-2940
  • CVE-2018-2952
  • CVE-2018-2973
  • CVE-2018-12539

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 6

SRPM
x86_64
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cdd5ea809c7008e7fd881789292b4adc6041b1e9d72c21c5814f9667c36e3d5e
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e4a2c4379dca5def573eef72ced0b8fd28a4be8741664e7baa50f40be78a18be
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 841241bf499fd4442da1b4416c2c85ac35a53a39953849b4e6a598afa3121586
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e82d34e4da2ceb1cfefc13b9453dbaaa361d8ec6c16e4d80fa552d906a47618e
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0a425e2412d3d37e93e6e9000c20bb98e10ec617acb3de49824bd7bf6e7fa339
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e923ee2ddce81f88b9bb983a51f865cba746cdd62fd06da2ed37201815a8fef2
i386
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: b2734d838c3f69b00d22ea8ed43eef11a5c72b8623d5d6b6c8fc4593b196a2fe
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5f086feec0e1e9fe5135abd7964e529ef47fad989250f8349e2de906797872ef
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5f117c24697b7c1d2a6a009a8e97909f4672956b2c90b8b2fe8fe9ba3ef85027
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: f92a25611ae69a496863eb65ce353f611fca81c8296027cecf5c0b74227ae174
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4301df188da875b8fa0b641dc8677c827ed2c61ad0bb97a74fecbf913b97c990
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 722a20801235c611016daceddd96ad0d302abd75854250e39364fdd321d39c02

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
x86_64
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cdd5ea809c7008e7fd881789292b4adc6041b1e9d72c21c5814f9667c36e3d5e
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e4a2c4379dca5def573eef72ced0b8fd28a4be8741664e7baa50f40be78a18be
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 841241bf499fd4442da1b4416c2c85ac35a53a39953849b4e6a598afa3121586
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e82d34e4da2ceb1cfefc13b9453dbaaa361d8ec6c16e4d80fa552d906a47618e
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0a425e2412d3d37e93e6e9000c20bb98e10ec617acb3de49824bd7bf6e7fa339
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e923ee2ddce81f88b9bb983a51f865cba746cdd62fd06da2ed37201815a8fef2
i386
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: b2734d838c3f69b00d22ea8ed43eef11a5c72b8623d5d6b6c8fc4593b196a2fe
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5f086feec0e1e9fe5135abd7964e529ef47fad989250f8349e2de906797872ef
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5f117c24697b7c1d2a6a009a8e97909f4672956b2c90b8b2fe8fe9ba3ef85027
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: f92a25611ae69a496863eb65ce353f611fca81c8296027cecf5c0b74227ae174
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4301df188da875b8fa0b641dc8677c827ed2c61ad0bb97a74fecbf913b97c990
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 722a20801235c611016daceddd96ad0d302abd75854250e39364fdd321d39c02

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
x86_64
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cdd5ea809c7008e7fd881789292b4adc6041b1e9d72c21c5814f9667c36e3d5e
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e4a2c4379dca5def573eef72ced0b8fd28a4be8741664e7baa50f40be78a18be
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 841241bf499fd4442da1b4416c2c85ac35a53a39953849b4e6a598afa3121586
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e82d34e4da2ceb1cfefc13b9453dbaaa361d8ec6c16e4d80fa552d906a47618e
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0a425e2412d3d37e93e6e9000c20bb98e10ec617acb3de49824bd7bf6e7fa339
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e923ee2ddce81f88b9bb983a51f865cba746cdd62fd06da2ed37201815a8fef2
i386
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: b2734d838c3f69b00d22ea8ed43eef11a5c72b8623d5d6b6c8fc4593b196a2fe
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5f086feec0e1e9fe5135abd7964e529ef47fad989250f8349e2de906797872ef
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5f117c24697b7c1d2a6a009a8e97909f4672956b2c90b8b2fe8fe9ba3ef85027
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: f92a25611ae69a496863eb65ce353f611fca81c8296027cecf5c0b74227ae174
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4301df188da875b8fa0b641dc8677c827ed2c61ad0bb97a74fecbf913b97c990
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 722a20801235c611016daceddd96ad0d302abd75854250e39364fdd321d39c02

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
s390x
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0e152a1983d49bd6ef0c51bb3acd5d4616048554e9e3ad76809b86637700bce9
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: d09a4d11ca84947203d23f91c53077b959186ab547ad573d1885cdcb6e41165e
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 969c5887ee4bbcaea495b0dafe409318a3c283154c048269cc04e6aa27fcac0e
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b608eecbf1922ded7afb4adf8e5983b77a974053e6cb17fc5945535c30729355
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: d61be53acaecce11bbdacae29dcc48a66a8eec96f4d5b7f8eeebabb9a699df66

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
ppc64
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 653432234a123e769c0016b03fe4bee81640c3372e3ef81fce5fb27d0f988962
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 11a54d455b06e7793ea298dacbc19f7a749518ef133953ca60ed40dd1e2d760d
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 37a581391a9745274296f5daa14fe67f12bcf3c07dafce9c1826b48dd0e9f2f8
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 1719850693a0ef26d60f3b5862b4954d97c5343fe7bfb1643c87dd5a68c8bd9f
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: a2a44f6dc8523b1fa1e590c74d607eeaf033f3e11fdce24d15482f60011e0020

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
x86_64
java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cdd5ea809c7008e7fd881789292b4adc6041b1e9d72c21c5814f9667c36e3d5e
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e4a2c4379dca5def573eef72ced0b8fd28a4be8741664e7baa50f40be78a18be
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 841241bf499fd4442da1b4416c2c85ac35a53a39953849b4e6a598afa3121586
java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e923ee2ddce81f88b9bb983a51f865cba746cdd62fd06da2ed37201815a8fef2

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