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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHSA-2017-0338-01 Critical Java Update

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Calendar Grey February 28, 2017
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Crucial patch release for java-1.6.0-ibm on Red Hat Enterprise Linux classified as High Priority.
An update for java-1.6.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 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 6 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.
This update upgrades IBM Java SE 6 to version 6 SR16-FP41.
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-2016-2183, CVE-2016-5546, 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)

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2183 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5546 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/updates/classification/#critical https://developer.ibm.com/devpractices/security/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: java-1.6.0-ibm-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-accessibility-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-demo-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-devel-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-src-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.i386.rpm
x86_64: java-1.6.0-ibm-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-accessibility-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-demo-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-demo-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-devel-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-devel-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin-1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:0338-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0338.html
Issue date: 2017-02-28

Topic

An update for java-1.6.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux5 Supplementary and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 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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Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, 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. 5) - i386, ppc, s390x, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 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)

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)

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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