Topic

An update for java-1.7.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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

The java-1.7.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 7 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 7 Java Software Development Kit.

Security Fix(es):

• OpenJDK: Improper field access checks (Hotspot, 8199226) (CVE-2018-3169)
• OpenJDK: Incomplete enforcement of the trustURLCodebase restriction (JNDI, 8199177) (CVE-2018-3149)
• OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of unsigned attributes in signed Jar manifests (Security, 8194534) (CVE-2018-3136)
• OpenJDK: Leak of sensitive header data via HTTP redirect (Networking, 8196902) (CVE-2018-3139)
• OpenJDK: Missing endpoint identification algorithm check during TLS session resumption (JSSE, 8202613) (CVE-2018-3180)
• OpenJDK: Infinite loop in RIFF format reader (Sound, 8205361) (CVE-2018-3214)

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 OpenJDK 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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 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 Scientific Computing 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1639293 - CVE-2018-3169 OpenJDK: Improper field access checks (Hotspot, 8199226)
• BZ - 1639301 - CVE-2018-3214 OpenJDK: Infinite loop in RIFF format reader (Sound, 8205361)
• BZ - 1639442 - CVE-2018-3139 OpenJDK: Leak of sensitive header data via HTTP redirect (Networking, 8196902)
• BZ - 1639484 - CVE-2018-3180 OpenJDK: Missing endpoint identification algorithm check during TLS session resumption (JSSE, 8202613)
• BZ - 1639755 - CVE-2018-3136 OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of unsigned attributes in signed Jar manifests (Security, 8194534)
• BZ - 1639834 - CVE-2018-3149 OpenJDK: Incomplete enforcement of the trustURLCodebase restriction (JNDI, 8199177)

CVEs

• CVE-2018-3136
• CVE-2018-3139
• CVE-2018-3149
• CVE-2018-3169
• CVE-2018-3180
• CVE-2018-3214

References

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