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Red Hat Satellite 5.8: RHSA-2018-1975-01 Moderate: Java Security Update

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Calendar Grey June 25, 2018
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A new version of python-2.7.16 has been released for Red Hat Satellite 5.8, resolving several significant vulnerabilities and providing enhancements.
An update for java-1.8.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Satellite 5.8

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

For this update to take effect, Red Hat Satellite must be restarted ("/usr/sbin/rhn-satellite restart"). All running instances of IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Summary

IBM Java SE version 8 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.
This update upgrades IBM Java SE 8 to version 8 SR5-FP15.
Security Fix(es):
* OpenJDK: unrestricted deserialization of data from JCEKS key stores (Security, 8189997) (CVE-2018-2794)
* Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u191, 7u171, and 8u161 (Security) (CVE-2018-2783)
* OpenJDK: insufficient consistency checks in deserialization of multiple classes (Security, 8189977) (CVE-2018-2795)
* OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in PriorityBlockingQueue (Concurrency, 8189981) (CVE-2018-2796)
* OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in TabularDataSupport (JMX, 8189985) (CVE-2018-2797)
* OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in Container (AWT, 8189989) (CVE-2018-2798)
* OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in NamedNodeMapImpl (JAXP, 8189993) (CVE-2018-2799)
* OpenJDK: RMI HTTP transport enabled by default (RMI, 8193833) (CVE-2018-2800)
* OpenJDK: incorrect merging of sections in the JAR manifest (Security, 8189969) (CVE-2018-2790)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security fix software upgrade moderate severity Java update IBM Java Red Hat Satellite

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2783 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2790 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2794 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2795 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2796 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2797 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2798 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2799 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2800 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Satellite 5.8 (RHEL v.6):
s390x: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.2.el6.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.2.el6.s390x.rpm
x86_64: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.2.el6.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:1975-01
Product: Red Hat Satellite
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1975
Issue date: 2018-06-25

Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Satellite 5.8.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 security fix software upgrade moderate severity Java update IBM Java Red Hat Satellite

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Satellite 5.8 (RHEL v.6) - s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1567126 - CVE-2018-2794 OpenJDK: unrestricted deserialization of data from JCEKS key stores (Security, 8189997)

1567351 - CVE-2018-2795 OpenJDK: insufficient consistency checks in deserialization of multiple classes (Security, 8189977)

1567542 - CVE-2018-2799 OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in NamedNodeMapImpl (JAXP, 8189993)

1567543 - CVE-2018-2798 OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in Container (AWT, 8189989)

1567545 - CVE-2018-2797 OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in TabularDataSupport (JMX, 8189985)

1567546 - CVE-2018-2796 OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in PriorityBlockingQueue (Concurrency, 8189981)

1568163 - CVE-2018-2800 OpenJDK: RMI HTTP transport enabled by default (RMI, 8193833)

1568515 - CVE-2018-2790 OpenJDK: incorrect merging of sections in the JAR manifest (Security, 8189969)

1569204 - CVE-2018-2783 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u191, 7u171, and 8u161 (Security)

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