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Red Hat 6 Moderate: RHSA-2017:1222 IBM Java Security Update

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Calendar Grey May 10, 2017
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Routine security upgrade for IBM Java on RHEL addressing various vulnerabilities and necessitating a system reboot.
An update for java-1.6.0-ibm is now available for 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-FP45.
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 Vulnerabilities page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2016-9840, CVE-2016-9841, CVE-2016-9842, CVE-2016-9843, CVE-2017-1289, CVE-2017-3509, CVE-2017-3533, CVE-2017-3539, CVE-2017-3544)

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat multiple issues Moderate java-ibm

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9840 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9841 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9842 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9843 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1289 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3509 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3533 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3539 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3544 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate https://developer.ibm.com/devpractices/security/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: java-1.6.0-ibm-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-demo-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-devel-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-src-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: java-1.6.0-ibm-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-demo-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-devel-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-src-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):
x86_64: java-1.6.0-ibm-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-demo-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-devel-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-src-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: java-1.6.0-ibm-1.6.0.16.45-1jpp.1.el6_9.i686.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:1222-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1222
Issue date: 2017-05-10

Topic

An update for java-1.6.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux6 Supplementary.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. 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 multiple issues Moderate java-ibm

Relevant Releases Architectures

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 Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1402345 - CVE-2016-9840 zlib: Out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c

1402346 - CVE-2016-9841 zlib: Out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inffast.c

1402348 - CVE-2016-9842 zlib: Undefined left shift of negative number

1402351 - CVE-2016-9843 zlib: Big-endian out-of-bounds pointer

1443052 - CVE-2017-3509 OpenJDK: improper re-use of NTLM authenticated connections (Networking, 8163520)

1443068 - CVE-2017-3544 OpenJDK: newline injection in the SMTP client (Networking, 8171533)

1443083 - CVE-2017-3533 OpenJDK: newline injection in the FTP client (Networking, 8170222)

1443097 - CVE-2017-3539 OpenJDK: MD5 allowed for jar verification (Security, 8171121)

1449603 - CVE-2017-1289 IBM JDK: XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data

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