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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: Critical Java Security Update RHSA-2019-1238-01

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Calendar Grey May 16, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
An important patch for java-1.8.0-ibm on Red Hat Enterprise Linux resolves numerous vulnerabilities successfully.
An update for java-1.8.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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

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-FP35.
Security Fix(es):
* IBM JDK: buffer overflow in jio_snprintf() and jio_vsnprintf() (CVE-2018-12547)
* IBM JDK: missing null check when accelerating Unsafe calls (CVE-2018-12549)
* Oracle JDK: Unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u221 and 8u211 (2D) (CVE-2019-2697)
* OpenJDK: Font layout engine out of bounds access setCurrGlyphID() (2D, 8219022) (CVE-2019-2698)
* OpenJDK: memory disclosure in FileChannelImpl (Libraries, 8206290) (CVE-2019-2422)
* OpenJDK: Slow conversion of BigDecimal to long (Libraries, 8211936) (CVE-2019-2602)
* OpenJDK: Incorrect skeleton selection in RMI registry server-side dispatch handling (RMI, 8218453) (CVE-2019-2684)
* IBM JDK: Read beyond the end of bytecode array causing JVM crash (CVE-2019-10245)
* libjpeg-turbo: Divide By Zero in alloc_sarray function in jmemmgr.c (CVE-2018-11212)
* Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 8u201 (Deployment) (CVE-2019-2449)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11212 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12547 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12549 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2422 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2449 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2602 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2684 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2697 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2698 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10245 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Supplementary:
ppc64le: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.5.35-3.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:1238-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1238
Issue date: 2019-05-16

Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Critical. 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 buffer overflow security fix red hat enterprise java security java critical security update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Supplementary - ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1579973 - CVE-2018-11212 libjpeg-turbo: Divide By Zero in alloc_sarray function in jmemmgr.c

1665945 - CVE-2019-2422 OpenJDK: memory disclosure in FileChannelImpl (Libraries, 8206290)

1685601 - CVE-2019-2449 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 8u201 (Deployment)

1685611 - CVE-2018-12547 IBM JDK: buffer overflow in jio_snprintf() and jio_vsnprintf()

1685717 - CVE-2018-12549 IBM JDK: missing null check when accelerating Unsafe calls

1700440 - CVE-2019-2602 OpenJDK: Slow conversion of BigDecimal to long (Libraries, 8211936)

1700447 - CVE-2019-2698 OpenJDK: Font layout engine out of bounds access setCurrGlyphID() (2D, 8219022)

1700564 - CVE-2019-2684 OpenJDK: Incorrect skeleton selection in RMI registry server-side dispatch handling (RMI, 8218453)

1704480 - CVE-2019-2697 Oracle JDK: Unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u221 and 8u211 (2D)

1704799 - CVE-2019-10245 IBM JDK: Read beyond the end of bytecode array causing JVM crash

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