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Red Hat Enterprise RHSA-2016:0701 Critical: Java 1.7.1 IBM Security Fix

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Calendar Grey April 29, 2016
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Critical security update for java-1.7.1-ibm on Red Hat, essential fixes to prevent severe threats. Restart required.
An update for java-1.7.1-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Supplementary

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.

Summary

IBM Java SE version 7 Release 1 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.
This update upgrades IBM Java SE 7 to version 7R1 SR3-FP40.
Security Fix(es):
* This update fixes multiple 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-2016-0264, CVE-2016-0363, CVE-2016-0376, CVE-2016-0686, CVE-2016-0687, CVE-2016-3422, CVE-2016-3426, CVE-2016-3427, CVE-2016-3443, CVE-2016-3449)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update Red Hat Enterprise security impact Java Update IBM Fix

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0264 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0363 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0376 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0686 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0687 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3422 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3426 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3427 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3443 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3449 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical /

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.i686.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-demo-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.i686.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.i686.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.i686.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.i686.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-src-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-demo-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-src-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):
x86_64: java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-demo-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-src-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.i686.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-demo-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.i686.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.i686.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc-1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7.i686.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:0701-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0701.html
Issue date: 2016-04-29

Topic

An update for java-1.7.1-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux6 Supplementary and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Supplementary.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update Red Hat Enterprise security impact Java Update IBM Fix

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Supplementary (v. 7) - 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. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

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

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

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

Bugs Fixed

1324044 - CVE-2016-0363 IBM JDK: insecure use of invoke method in CORBA component, incorrect CVE-2013-3009 fix

1327743 - CVE-2016-0686 OpenJDK: insufficient thread consistency checks in ObjectInputStream (Serialization, 8129952)

1327749 - CVE-2016-0687 OpenJDK: insufficient byte type checks (Hotspot, 8132051)

1328059 - CVE-2016-3426 OpenJDK: non-constant time GCM authentication tag comparison (JCE, 8143945)

1328210 - CVE-2016-3427 OpenJDK: unrestricted deserialization of authentication credentials (JMX, 8144430)

1328618 - CVE-2016-3443 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u115, 7u101 and 8u91 (2D)

1328619 - CVE-2016-3449 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u115, 7u101 and 8u91 (Deployment)

1328620 - CVE-2016-3422 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u115, 7u101 and 8u91 (2D)

1330986 - CVE-2016-0376 IBM JDK: insecure deserialization in CORBA, incorrect CVE-2013-5456 fix

1331359 - CVE-2016-0264 IBM JDK: buffer overflow vulnerability in the IBM JVM

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