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Red Hat: RHSA-2018-3008-01 Important: Oracle Java Security Update

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Calendar Grey October 24, 2018
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Essential patch for Oracle Java on Red Hat tackles several weaknesses critical for maintaining system stability.
An update for java-1.6.0-sun is now available for Oracle Java 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 Oracle Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Summary

Oracle Java SE version 6 includes the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit.
This update upgrades Oracle Java SE 6 to version 6 Update 211.
Security Fix(es):
* OpenJDK: Incomplete enforcement of the trustURLCodebase restriction (JNDI, 8199177) (CVE-2018-3149)
* 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)
* OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of unsigned attributes in signed Jar manifests (Security, 8194534) (CVE-2018-3136)
* OpenJDK: Leak of sensitive header data via HTTP redirect (Networking, 8196902) (CVE-2018-3139)
* OpenJDK: Missing endpoint identification algorithm check during TLS session resumption (JSSE, 8202613) (CVE-2018-3180)
* OpenJDK: Infinite loop in RIFF format reader (Sound, 8205361) (CVE-2018-3214)
* libpng: Integer overflow and resultant divide-by-zero in pngrutil.c:png_check_chunk_length() allows for denial of service (CVE-2018-13785)
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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References

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-2018-3136 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3139 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3149 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3180 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3214 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-13785 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6:
i386: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6:
i686: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:3008-01
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3008
Issue date: 2018-10-24

Topic

An update for java-1.6.0-sun is now available for Oracle Java for Red HatEnterprise Linux 6.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

security advisory denial of service security update Red Hat important Oracle Java

Relevant Releases Architectures

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 - i386, x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6 - i686, x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 - i386, x86_64

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1599943 - CVE-2018-13785 libpng: Integer overflow and resultant divide-by-zero in pngrutil.c:png_check_chunk_length() allows for denial of service

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)

1639301 - CVE-2018-3214 OpenJDK: Infinite loop in RIFF format reader (Sound, 8205361)

1639442 - CVE-2018-3139 OpenJDK: Leak of sensitive header data via HTTP redirect (Networking, 8196902)

1639484 - CVE-2018-3180 OpenJDK: Missing endpoint identification algorithm check during TLS session resumption (JSSE, 8202613)

1639755 - CVE-2018-3136 OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of unsigned attributes in signed Jar manifests (Security, 8194534)

1639834 - CVE-2018-3149 OpenJDK: Incomplete enforcement of the trustURLCodebase restriction (JNDI, 8199177)

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