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Red Hat Satellite 5.6, 5.7: RHSA-2018-2712-01 Moderate: IBM Java Update

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Calendar Grey September 17, 2018
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Recent update issued for IBM Java on Red Hat Satellite; resolves multiple security vulnerabilities. Remember to restart services after applying the update.
An update for java-1.7.1-ibm is now available for Red Hat Satellite 5.6 and Red Hat Satellite 5.7

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

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 7 Release 1 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.
This update upgrades IBM Java SE 7 to version 7R1 SR4-FP30.
Security Fix(es):
* IBM JDK: privilege escalation via insufficiently restricted access to Attach API (CVE-2018-12539)
* IBM JDK: DoS in the java.math component (CVE-2018-1517)
* IBM JDK: path traversal flaw in the Diagnostic Tooling Framework (CVE-2018-1656)
* Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u201, 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (Libraries) (CVE-2018-2940)
* OpenJDK: insufficient index validation in PatternSyntaxException getMessage() (Concurrency, 8199547) (CVE-2018-2952)
* Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u201, 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (JSSE) (CVE-2018-2973)
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 issue privilege escalation DoS Moderate Java update Red Hat Satellite

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1517 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1656 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2940 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2952 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2973 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12539 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6):
s390x: java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10.s390x.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10.s390x.rpm
x86_64: java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6):
s390x: java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10.s390x.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10.s390x.rpm
x86_64: java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10.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-2018:2712-01
Product: Red Hat Satellite
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2712
Issue date: 2018-09-17

Topic

An update for java-1.7.1-ibm is now available for Red Hat Satellite 5.6 andRed Hat Satellite 5.7.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue privilege escalation DoS Moderate Java update Red Hat Satellite

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) - s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) - s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

1602145 - CVE-2018-2973 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u201, 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (JSSE)

1602146 - CVE-2018-2940 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u201, 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (Libraries)

1618767 - CVE-2018-12539 IBM JDK: privilege escalation via insufficiently restricted access to Attach API

1618869 - CVE-2018-1656 IBM JDK: path traversal flaw in the Diagnostic Tooling Framework

1618871 - CVE-2018-1517 IBM JDK: DoS in the java.math component

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