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Red Hat: RHSA-2016-1476 Critical: Oracle Java Security Update

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Calendar Grey July 21, 2016
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Crucial patch roll-out for Oracle Java on Red Hat platforms focused on mitigating severe threats and weaknesses.
An update for java-1.7.0-oracle is now available for Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise ...

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 Oracle Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Summary

Oracle Java SE version 7 includes the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit.
This update upgrades Oracle Java SE 7 to version 7 Update 111.
Security Fix(es):
* This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit. Further information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2016-3458, CVE-2016-3498, CVE-2016-3500, CVE-2016-3503, CVE-2016-3508, CVE-2016-3511, CVE-2016-3550, CVE-2016-3606)

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3458 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3498 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3500 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3503 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3508 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3511 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3550 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3606 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2016.html https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/7-support-relnotes.html

Package List

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client 5:
i386: java-1.7.0-oracle-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-devel-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-src-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm
x86_64: java-1.7.0-oracle-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-devel-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-src-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5:
i386: java-1.7.0-oracle-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-devel-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-src-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm
x86_64: java-1.7.0-oracle-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-devel-1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1476-01
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1476
Issue date: 2016-07-21

Topic

An update for java-1.7.0-oracle is now available for Oracle Java for RedHat Enterprise Linux 5, Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, andOracle Java for 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

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Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client 5 - i386, x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node (v. 7) - x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 - i386, x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 - i386, x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 - i386, x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation - i386, x86_64

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

Bugs Fixed

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

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)

1358168 - CVE-2016-3511 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u111 and 8u101 (Deployment)

1358169 - CVE-2016-3503 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u121, 7u111, and 8u101 (Install)

1358170 - CVE-2016-3498 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u111 and 8u101 (JavaFX)

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