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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RHSA-2020-0046 Moderate: Java Security Update

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Calendar Grey January 7, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Medium-level security alert for java-1.8.0-ibm on Red Hat Enterprise Linux covering various vulnerabilities.
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 SR6.
Security Fix(es):
* OpenJDK: Unexpected exception thrown during regular expression processing in Nashorn (Scripting, 8223518) (CVE-2019-2975)
* OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of nested jar: URLs in Jar URL handler (Networking, 8223892) (CVE-2019-2978)
* OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of HTTP proxy responses in HttpURLConnection (Networking, 8225298) (CVE-2019-2989)
* Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 8u221 (Deployment) (CVE-2019-2996)
* IBM JDK: Unrestricted access to diagnostic operations (CVE-2019-17631)
* OpenJDK: Missing restrictions on use of custom SocketImpl (Networking, 8218573) (CVE-2019-2945)
* OpenJDK: NULL pointer dereference in DrawGlyphList (2D, 8222690) (CVE-2019-2962)
* OpenJDK: Unexpected exception thrown by Pattern processing crafted regular expression (Concurrency, 8222684) (CVE-2019-2964)
* OpenJDK: Unexpected exception thrown by XPathParser processing crafted XPath expression (JAXP, 8223505) (CVE-2019-2973)
* OpenJDK: Unexpected exception thrown by XPath processing crafted XPath expression (JAXP, 8224532) (CVE-2019-2981)
* OpenJDK: Unexpected exception thrown during Font object deserialization (Serialization, 8224915) (CVE-2019-2983)
* OpenJDK: Integer overflow in bounds check in SunGraphics2D (2D, 8225292) (CVE-2019-2988)
* OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in CMap when reading TrueType font (2D, 8225597) (CVE-2019-2992)
* OpenJDK: Insufficient filtering of HTML event attributes in Javadoc (Javadoc, 8226765) (CVE-2019-2999)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat software update networking security impact Java

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2945 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2962 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2964 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2973 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2975 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2978 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2981 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2983 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2988 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2989 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2992 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2996 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2999 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17631 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Supplementary:
ppc64le: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.s390x.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0046-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0046
Issue date: 2020-01-07

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 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 moderate Red Hat software update networking security impact Java

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Bugs Fixed

1760963 - CVE-2019-2964 OpenJDK: Unexpected exception thrown by Pattern processing crafted regular expression (Concurrency, 8222684)

1760969 - CVE-2019-2975 OpenJDK: Unexpected exception thrown during regular expression processing in Nashorn (Scripting, 8223518)

1760978 - CVE-2019-2973 OpenJDK: Unexpected exception thrown by XPathParser processing crafted XPath expression (JAXP, 8223505)

1760980 - CVE-2019-2981 OpenJDK: Unexpected exception thrown by XPath processing crafted XPath expression (JAXP, 8224532)

1760992 - CVE-2019-2999 OpenJDK: Insufficient filtering of HTML event attributes in Javadoc (Javadoc, 8226765)

1760999 - CVE-2019-2988 OpenJDK: Integer overflow in bounds check in SunGraphics2D (2D, 8225292)

1761006 - CVE-2019-2978 OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of nested jar: URLs in Jar URL handler (Networking, 8223892)

1761146 - CVE-2019-2992 OpenJDK: Excessive memory allocation in CMap when reading TrueType font (2D, 8225597)

1761262 - CVE-2019-2983 OpenJDK: Unexpected exception thrown during Font object deserialization (Serialization, 8224915)

1761266 - CVE-2019-2962 OpenJDK: NULL pointer dereference in DrawGlyphList (2D, 8222690)

1761596 - CVE-2019-2945 OpenJDK: Missing restrictions on use of custom SocketImpl (Networking, 8218573)

1761601 - CVE-2019-2989 OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of HTTP proxy responses in HttpURLConnection (Networking, 8225298)

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