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Red Hat: RHSA-2016:0512-01 Important: OpenJDK Security Fix

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Important security update for java-1.7.0-openjdk addresses significant vulnerabilities and risks for Red Hat users.
An update for java-1.7.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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.

Summary

The java-1.7.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 7 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 7 Java Software Development Kit for compiling and executing Java programs.
Security Fix(es):
* An improper type safety check was discovered in the Hotspot component. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to bypass Java Sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2016-0636)

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Topics Covered

security advisory update red hat important java security java openjdk

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0636 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.src.rpm
i386: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-openjdk-src-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.i386.rpm
x86_64: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-openjdk-src-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.src.rpm
i386: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.7.0-openjdk-src-1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11.i386.rpm
x86_64:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:0512-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0512.html
Issue date: 2016-03-24

Topic

An update for java-1.7.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

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Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1320650 - CVE-2016-0636 OpenJDK: out-of-band urgent security fix (Hotspot, 8151666)

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