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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2016-1458-01 Critical: OpenJDK Issues

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An update for java-1.8.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 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-1.8.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.
Security Fix(es):
* Multiple flaws were discovered in the Hotspot and Libraries components in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to completely bypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2016-3606, CVE-2016-3587, CVE-2016-3598, CVE-2016-3610)
* Multiple denial of service flaws were found in the JAXP component in OpenJDK. A specially crafted XML file could cause a Java application using JAXP to consume an excessive amount of CPU and memory when parsed. (CVE-2016-3500, CVE-2016-3508)
* Multiple flaws were found in the CORBA and Hotsport components in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2016-3458, CVE-2016-3550)
Note: If the web browser plug-in provided by the icedtea-web package was installed, the issues exposed via Java applets could have been exploited without user interaction if a user visited a malicious website.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update critical Java OpenJDK

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3458 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3500 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3508 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3550 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3587 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3598 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3606 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3610 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.src.rpm
i386: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.i686.rpm
x86_64: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386: java-1.8.0-openjdk-debug-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-debug-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-debug-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-debug-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-debug-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.i686.rpm
noarch: java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.noarch.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-debug-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.noarch.rpm
x86_64: java-1.8.0-openjdk-debug-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1458-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1458
Issue date: 2016-07-20

Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.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 Red Hat update critical Java OpenJDK

Relevant Releases Architectures

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. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

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

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

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

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

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

Bugs Fixed

1356963 - CVE-2016-3606 OpenJDK: insufficient bytecode verification (Hotspot, 8155981)

1356971 - CVE-2016-3598 OpenJDK: incorrect handling of MethodHandles.dropArguments() argument (Libraries, 8155985)

1356987 - CVE-2016-3587 OpenJDK: insufficient protection of MethodHandle.invokeBasic() (Hotspot, 8154475)

1356994 - CVE-2016-3610 OpenJDK: insufficient value count check in MethodHandles.filterReturnValue() (Libraries, 8158571)

1357008 - CVE-2016-3500 OpenJDK: maximum XML name limit not applied to namespace URIs (JAXP, 8148872)

1357015 - CVE-2016-3508 OpenJDK: missing entity replacement limits (JAXP, 8149962)

1357494 - CVE-2016-3458 OpenJDK: insufficient restrictions on the use of custom ValueHandler (CORBA, 8079718)

1357506 - CVE-2016-3550 OpenJDK: integer overflows in bytecode streams (Hotspot, 8152479)

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