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Red Hat: RHSA-2015:1488-01 Critical: IBM Java Security Update

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Calendar Grey July 23, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important patch for IBM Java 1.7.0 resolving numerous vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Updated java-1.7.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

IBM Java SE version 7 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.
This update fixes several 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 alerts page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2015-1931, CVE-2015-2590, CVE-2015-2601, CVE-2015-2613, CVE-2015-2619, CVE-2015-2621, CVE-2015-2625, CVE-2015-2632, CVE-2015-2637, CVE-2015-2638, CVE-2015-2664, CVE-2015-4000, CVE-2015-4729, CVE-2015-4731, CVE-2015-4732, CVE-2015-4733, CVE-2015-4736, CVE-2015-4748, CVE-2015-4749, CVE-2015-4760)
Note: This update forces the TLS/SSL client implementation in IBM JDK to reject DH key sizes below 768 bits to address the CVE-2015-4000 issue. Refer to Red Hat Bugzilla bug 1223211, linked to in the References section, for additional details about this change.
All users of java-1.7.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM Java SE 7 SR9-FP10 release. All running instances of IBM Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1931 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2590 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2601 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2613 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2619 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2621 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2625 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2632 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2637 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2638 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2664 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4000 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4729 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4731 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4732 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4733 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4736 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4748 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4749 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4760 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-sdk/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223211#c33

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: java-1.7.0-ibm-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-demo-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-devel-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-jdbc-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-plugin-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-src-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: java-1.7.0-ibm-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-demo-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-demo-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-devel-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-devel-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-jdbc-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-jdbc-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-plugin-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-plugin-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-src-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-src-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: java-1.7.0-ibm-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-demo-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-devel-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-ibm-jdbc-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:1488-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1488.html
Issue date: 2015-07-23

Topic

Updated java-1.7.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical securityimpact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which givedetailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from theCVE links in the References section.

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Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1223211 - CVE-2015-4000 LOGJAM: TLS connections which support export grade DHE key-exchange are vulnerable to MITM attacks

1241965 - CVE-2015-2625 OpenJDK: name for reverse DNS lookup used in certificate identity check (JSSE, 8067694)

1242019 - CVE-2015-2601 OpenJDK: non-constant time comparisons in crypto code (JCE, 8074865)

1242234 - CVE-2015-4731 OpenJDK: improper permission checks in MBeanServerInvocationHandler (JMX, 8076397)

1242240 - CVE-2015-4732 OpenJDK: insufficient context checks during object deserialization (Libraries, 8076405)

1242275 - CVE-2015-4733 OpenJDK: RemoteObjectInvocationHandler allows calling finalize() (RMI, 8076409)

1242281 - CVE-2015-4748 OpenJDK: incorrect OCSP nextUpdate checking (Libraries, 8075374)

1242372 - CVE-2015-2621 OpenJDK: incorrect code permission checks in RMIConnectionImpl (JMX, 8075853)

1242379 - CVE-2015-4749 OpenJDK: DnsClient fails to release request information after error (JNDI, 8075378)

1242394 - CVE-2015-2632 ICU: integer overflow in LETableReference verifyLength() (OpenJDK 2D, 8077520)

1242447 - CVE-2015-4760 ICU: missing boundary checks in layout engine (OpenJDK 2D, 8071715)

1242456 - CVE-2015-2613 NSS / JCE: missing EC parameter validation in ECDH_Derive() (OpenJDK JCE, 8075833)

1243139 - CVE-2015-2590 OpenJDK: deserialization issue in ObjectInputStream.readSerialData() (Libraries, 8076401)

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