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Red Hat: RHSA-2016:0101-01 Critical: IBM Java Security Fix

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Important release for java-1.6.0-ibm addresses significant vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 5 and 6.
Updated java-1.6.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 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 6 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-2015-5041, CVE-2015-7575, CVE-2015-7981, CVE-2015-8126, CVE-2015-8472, CVE-2015-8540, CVE-2016-0402, CVE-2016-0448, CVE-2016-0466, CVE-2016-0483, CVE-2016-0494)
Note: This update also disallows the use of the MD5 hash algorithm in the certification path processing. The use of MD5 can be re-enabled by removing MD5 from the jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms security property defined in the java.security file.
All users of java-1.6.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM Java SE 6 SR16-FP20 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-2015-5041 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7575 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7981 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8126 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8472 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8540 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0402 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0448 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0466 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0483 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0494 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: java-1.6.0-ibm-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-accessibility-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-demo-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-devel-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-src-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: java-1.6.0-ibm-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-accessibility-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-demo-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-demo-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-devel-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-devel-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-src-1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:0101-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0101.html
Issue date: 2016-02-02

Topic

Updated java-1.6.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 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 Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) - x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1276416 - CVE-2015-7981 libpng: Out-of-bounds read in png_convert_to_rfc1123

1281756 - CVE-2015-8126 CVE-2015-8472 libpng: Buffer overflow vulnerabilities in png_get_PLTE/png_set_PLTE functions

1289841 - CVE-2015-7575 TLS 1.2 Transcipt Collision attacks against MD5 in key exchange protocol (SLOTH)

1291312 - CVE-2015-8540 libpng: underflow read in png_check_keyword()

1298906 - CVE-2016-0494 ICU: integer signedness issue in IndicRearrangementProcessor (OpenJDK 2D, 8140543)

1298957 - CVE-2016-0402 OpenJDK: URL deserialization inconsistencies (Networking, 8059054)

1299073 - CVE-2016-0448 OpenJDK: logging of RMI connection secrets (JMX, 8130710)

1299385 - CVE-2016-0466 OpenJDK: insufficient enforcement of totalEntitySizeLimit (JAXP, 8133962)

1299441 - CVE-2016-0483 OpenJDK: incorrect boundary check in JPEG decoder (AWT, 8139017)

1302689 - CVE-2015-5041 IBM JDK: J9 JVM allows code to invoke non-public interface methods

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