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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Oracle Java Security Fix RHSA-2017-3046-01

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Calendar Grey October 24, 2017
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A crucial patch for Oracle Java on CentOS addressing various vulnerabilities and enhancements.
An update for java-1.7.0-oracle is now available for Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Oracle Java for 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 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 161.
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-2016-9840, CVE-2016-9841, CVE-2016-9842, CVE-2016-9843, CVE-2016-10165, CVE-2017-10274, CVE-2017-10281, CVE-2017-10285, CVE-2017-10293, CVE-2017-10295, CVE-2017-10345, CVE-2017-10346, CVE-2017-10347, CVE-2017-10348, CVE-2017-10349, CVE-2017-10350, CVE-2017-10355, CVE-2017-10356, CVE-2017-10357, CVE-2017-10388)
Note: Starting with this update, Java web browser plugin and Java Web Start application are no longer included with Oracle Java SE 7. Refer to the Releases Notes and the Oracle Java SE Support Roadmap pages linked to in the References section for further information about this change.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10165 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-2017-10274 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10281 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10285 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10293 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10295 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10345 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10346 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10347 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10348 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10349 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10350 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10355 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10356 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10357 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10388 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2017.html https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/7-support-relnotes.html Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6:
i386: java-1.7.0-oracle-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.i686.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-devel-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.i686.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.i686.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.i686.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.i686.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-src-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: java-1.7.0-oracle-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.i686.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-devel-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.i686.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-devel-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-src-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6:
x86_64: java-1.7.0-oracle-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.i686.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-devel-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.i686.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-devel-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin-1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:3046-01
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3046
Issue date: 2017-10-24

Topic

An update for java-1.7.0-oracle is now available for Oracle Java for RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 and Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the 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 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 - x86_64

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

1367357 - CVE-2016-10165 lcms2: Out-of-bounds read in Type_MLU_Read()

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

1501868 - CVE-2017-10285 OpenJDK: incorrect privilege use when handling unreferenced objects (RMI, 8174966)

1501873 - CVE-2017-10346 OpenJDK: insufficient loader constraints checks for invokespecial (Hotspot, 8180711)

1502038 - CVE-2017-10388 OpenJDK: use of unprotected sname in Kerberos client (Libraries, 8178794)

1502053 - CVE-2017-10274 OpenJDK: CardImpl incorrect state handling (Smart Card IO, 8169026)

1502611 - CVE-2017-10349 OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation in PredicatedNodeTest deserialization (JAXP, 8181327)

1502614 - CVE-2017-10357 OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation in ObjectInputStream deserialization (Serialization, 8181597)

1502629 - CVE-2017-10348 OpenJDK: multiple unbounded memory allocations in deserialization (Libraries, 8181432)

1502632 - CVE-2017-10347 OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation in SimpleTimeZone deserialization (Serialization, 8181323)

1502640 - CVE-2017-10350 OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation in JAXWSExceptionBase deserialization (JAX-WS, 8181100)

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