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Red Hat: RHSA-2017:0176-01 Critical: Java Update for Oracle Java

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Calendar Grey January 19, 2017
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The java-1.7.0-oracle update resolves significant security risks on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Implement patches immediately.
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 131.
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-2016-2183, CVE-2016-5546, CVE-2016-5547, CVE-2016-5548, CVE-2016-5549, CVE-2016-5552, CVE-2017-3231, CVE-2017-3241, CVE-2017-3252, CVE-2017-3253, CVE-2017-3259, CVE-2017-3261, CVE-2017-3272, CVE-2017-3289)
This update mitigates the CVE-2016-2183 issue by adding 3DES cipher suites to the list of legacy algorithms (defined using the jdk.tls.legacyAlgorithms security property) so they are only used if connecting TLS/SSL client and server do not share any other non-legacy cipher suite.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux security impact Java update Oracle Java

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5546 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5547 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5548 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5549 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5552 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3231 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3241 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3252 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3253 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3259 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3261 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3272 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3289 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2017.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-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-devel-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-src-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm
x86_64: java-1.7.0-oracle-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-devel-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-src-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5:
i386: java-1.7.0-oracle-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-devel-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-src-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.i586.rpm
x86_64: java-1.7.0-oracle-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-devel-1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:0176-01
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0176.html
Issue date: 2017-01-19

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

security advisory critical security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux security impact Java update Oracle Java

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 HPC Node 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 (v. 7) - x86_64

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

Bugs Fixed

1369383 - CVE-2016-2183 SSL/TLS: Birthday attack against 64-bit block ciphers (SWEET32)

1413554 - CVE-2017-3272 OpenJDK: insufficient protected field access checks in atomic field updaters (Libraries, 8165344)

1413562 - CVE-2017-3289 OpenJDK: insecure class construction (Hotspot, 8167104)

1413583 - CVE-2017-3253 OpenJDK: imageio PNGImageReader failed to honor ignoreMetadata for iTXt and zTXt chunks (2D, 8166988)

1413653 - CVE-2017-3261 OpenJDK: integer overflow in SocketOutputStream boundary check (Networking, 8164147)

1413717 - CVE-2017-3231 OpenJDK: URLClassLoader insufficient access control checks (Networking, 8151934)

1413764 - CVE-2016-5547 OpenJDK: missing ObjectIdentifier length check (Libraries, 8168705)

1413882 - CVE-2016-5552 OpenJDK: incorrect URL parsing in URLStreamHandler (Networking, 8167223)

1413906 - CVE-2017-3252 OpenJDK: LdapLoginModule incorrect userDN extraction (JAAS, 8161743)

1413911 - CVE-2016-5546 OpenJDK: incorrect ECDSA signature extraction from the DER input (Libraries, 8168714)

1413920 - CVE-2016-5548 OpenJDK: DSA implementation timing attack (Libraries, 8168728)

1413923 - CVE-2016-5549 OpenJDK: ECDSA implementation timing attack (Libraries, 8168724)

1413955 - CVE-2017-3241 OpenJDK: untrusted input deserialization in RMI registry and DCG (RMI, 8156802)

1414163 - CVE-2017-3259 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u141, 7u131, and 8u121 (Deployment)

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