Issued:
2015-07-23
Updated:
2015-07-23

RHSA-2015:1488 - Critical: java-1.7.0-ibm security update

Synopsis

Critical: java-1.7.0-ibm security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Critical

Topic

Updated java-1.7.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical 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 Java SE version 7 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. Further information about these flaws can be found on the IBM Java Security alerts page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2015-1931, CVE-2015-2590, CVE-2015-2601, CVE-2015-2613, CVE-2015-2619, CVE-2015-2621, CVE-2015-2625, CVE-2015-2632, CVE-2015-2637, CVE-2015-2638, CVE-2015-2664, CVE-2015-4000, CVE-2015-4729, CVE-2015-4731, CVE-2015-4732, CVE-2015-4733, CVE-2015-4736, CVE-2015-4748, CVE-2015-4749, CVE-2015-4760)

Note: This update forces the TLS/SSL client implementation in IBM JDK to reject DH key sizes below 768 bits to address the CVE-2015-4000 issue. Refer to Red Hat Bugzilla bug 1223211, linked to in the References section, for additional details about this change.

All users of java-1.7.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM Java SE 7 SR9-FP10 release. All running instances of IBM Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • java-1.7.0-ibm-demo-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-demo-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-devel-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-src-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.s390.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-plugin-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-src-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-plugin-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-jdbc-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-demo-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.s390.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-devel-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-demo-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-jdbc-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-devel-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-jdbc-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-jdbc-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-jdbc-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.s390.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.s390.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-plugin-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-devel-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.s390.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-demo-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-src-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-devel-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-src-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-src-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-devel-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-demo-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-jdbc-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm
  • java-1.7.0-ibm-src-1.7.0.9.10-1jpp.2.el5.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

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References

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