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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RHSA-2018-2241-01 Moderate: OpenJDK Update

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Calendar Grey July 23, 2018
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New version released for java-1.8.0-openjdk on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, classified with a medium-level security concern.
An update for java-1.8.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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 OpenJDK Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Summary

The java-1.8.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.
Security Fix(es):
* OpenJDK: insufficient index validation in PatternSyntaxException getMessage() (Concurrency, 8199547) (CVE-2018-2952)
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 moderate red hat security fix openjdk java update java runtime

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2952 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386: java-1.8.0-openjdk-debug-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-debug-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-debug-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-debug-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.i686.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-debug-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.i686.rpm
noarch: java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.noarch.rpm java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-debug-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.noarch.rpm
x86_64: java-1.8.0-openjdk-debug-1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
important
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2241-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2241
Issue date: 2018-07-23

Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 6.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 moderate red hat security fix openjdk java update java runtime

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1600925 - CVE-2018-2952 OpenJDK: insufficient index validation in PatternSyntaxException getMessage() (Concurrency, 8199547)

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