- Issued:
- 2014-11-20
- Updated:
- 2014-11-20
RHSA-2014:1881 - Important: java-1.5.0-ibm security update
Synopsis
Important: java-1.5.0-ibm security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Important
Topic
Updated java-1.5.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
Description
IBM J2SE version 5.0 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.
This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit. Detailed vulnerability descriptions are linked from the IBM Security alerts page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2014-3065, CVE-2014-3566, CVE-2014-6457, CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6506, CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6531, CVE-2014-6558)
The CVE-2014-6512 issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security.
Note: With this update, the IBM SDK now disables the SSL 3.0 protocol to address the CVE-2014-3566 issue (also known as POODLE). Refer to the IBM article linked to in the References section for additional details about this change and instructions on how to re-enable SSL 3.0 support if needed.
All users of java-1.5.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM J2SE 5.0 SR16-FP8 release. All running instances of IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 5 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 6.6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 6.6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 6.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node | 6.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.ppc64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-accessibility-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.ppc64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.s390x.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.ppc64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.i686.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.ppc.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.s390.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.s390x.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.s390.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.s390.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.ppc64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.s390x.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.ppc.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.i686.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-accessibility-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.s390x.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.i686.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.s390.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.ppc64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.i686.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.s390.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.ppc64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.ppc.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-accessibility-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.ppc64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.i686.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.s390x.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.i686.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.s390.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-accessibility-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.s390x.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.i686.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.s390x.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.ppc64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.s390.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.ppc64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.s390x.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.s390x.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5.ppc64.rpm
- java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Fixes
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CVEs
- CVE-2014-6502
- CVE-2014-6457
- CVE-2014-6506
- CVE-2014-6531
- CVE-2014-6558
- CVE-2014-6511
- CVE-2014-6512
- CVE-2014-3566
- CVE-2014-3065
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
- Content from www.ibm.com is not included.Content from www.ibm.com is not included.https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/
- Content from www-01.ibm.com is not included.Content from www-01.ibm.com is not included.https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21688165
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.