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Red Hat: RHSA-2020-5585-01 Critical: Java 1.8 Security Threat

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Calendar Grey December 16, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Essential Oracle patch for jdk8-u291 resolves multiple vulnerabilities affecting corporate infrastructure.
An update for java-1.8.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Supplementary

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-FP20.
Security Fix(es):
* OpenJDK: Use of unsafe RSA-MD5 checksum in Kerberos TGS (Security, 8229951) (CVE-2020-2601)
* OpenJDK: Bypass of boundary checks in nio.Buffer via concurrent access (Libraries, 8238920) (CVE-2020-14583)
* OpenJDK: Incomplete bounds checks in Affine Transformations (2D, 8240119) (CVE-2020-14593)
* IBM JDK: Information disclosure via calls to System.arraycopy() with invalid length (CVE-2019-17639)
* OpenJDK: Improper checks of SASL message properties in GssKrb5Base (Security, 8226352) (CVE-2020-2590)
* OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of access control context in ForkJoinPool (Libraries, 8237117) (CVE-2020-14556)
* OpenJDK: Unexpected exception raised by DerInputStream (Libraries, 8237731) (CVE-2020-14578)
* OpenJDK: Unexpected exception raised by DerValue.equals() (Libraries, 8237736) (CVE-2020-14579)
* OpenJDK: XML validation manipulation due to incomplete application of the use-grammar-pool-only feature (JAXP, 8242136) (CVE-2020-14621)
* OpenJDK: Incomplete check for invalid characters in URI to path conversion (Libraries, 8242685) (CVE-2020-14797)
* OpenJDK: HostnameChecker does not ensure X.509 certificate names are in normalized form (JSSE, 8237592) (CVE-2020-14577)
* OpenJDK: High memory usage during deserialization of Proxy class with many interfaces (Serialization, 8236862) (CVE-2020-14779)
* OpenJDK: Missing permission check in path to URI conversion (Libraries, 8242680) (CVE-2020-14796)
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

security advisory Red Hat buffer overflow red hat security fix important enterprise important update Java update java update Critical security java risk

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17639 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-2590 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-2601 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14556 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14577 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14578 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14579 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14583 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14593 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14621 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14779 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14796 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14797 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Supplementary (v. 7):
x86_64: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Supplementary (v. 7):
x86_64: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7):
ppc64: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:5585-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5585
Issue date: 2020-12-16

Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux7 Supplementary.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat buffer overflow red hat security fix important enterprise important update Java update java update Critical security java risk

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Supplementary (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Supplementary (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1790556 - CVE-2020-2590 OpenJDK: Improper checks of SASL message properties in GssKrb5Base (Security, 8226352)

1790570 - CVE-2020-2601 OpenJDK: Use of unsafe RSA-MD5 checksum in Kerberos TGS (Security, 8229951)

1856448 - CVE-2020-14583 OpenJDK: Bypass of boundary checks in nio.Buffer via concurrent access (Libraries, 8238920)

1856784 - CVE-2020-14593 OpenJDK: Incomplete bounds checks in Affine Transformations (2D, 8240119)

1856885 - CVE-2020-14621 OpenJDK: XML validation manipulation due to incomplete application of the use-grammar-pool-only feature (JAXP, 8242136)

1856896 - CVE-2020-14556 OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of access control context in ForkJoinPool (Libraries, 8237117)

1856988 - CVE-2020-14577 OpenJDK: HostnameChecker does not ensure X.509 certificate names are in normalized form (JSSE, 8237592)

1856991 - CVE-2020-14578 OpenJDK: Unexpected exception raised by DerInputStream (Libraries, 8237731)

1856995 - CVE-2020-14579 OpenJDK: Unexpected exception raised by DerValue.equals() (Libraries, 8237736)

1866497 - CVE-2019-17639 IBM JDK: Information disclosure via calls to System.arraycopy() with invalid length

1889271 - CVE-2020-14779 OpenJDK: High memory usage during deserialization of Proxy class with many interfaces (Serialization, 8236862)

1889697 - CVE-2020-14796 OpenJDK: Missing permission check in path to URI conversion (Libraries, 8242680)

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