Issued:
2016-01-21
Updated:
2016-01-21

RHSA-2016:0057 - Important: java-1.6.0-sun security update

Synopsis

Important: java-1.6.0-sun security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

Updated java-1.6.0-sun packages that fix several security issues are now available for Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

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

Oracle Java SE version 6 includes the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit. Further information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2015-8126, CVE-2015-8472, CVE-2016-0402, CVE-2016-0448, CVE-2016-0466, CVE-2016-0483, CVE-2016-0494)

Note: This update also disallows the use of the MD5 hash algorithm in the certification path processing. The use of MD5 can be re-enabled by removing MD5 from the jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms security property defined in the java.security file.

All users of java-1.6.0-sun are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which provide Oracle Java 6 Update 111 and resolve these issues. All running instances of Oracle 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
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Workstation)7x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Workstation)6x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Workstation)6i386
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Workstation)5x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Workstation)5i386
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server)7x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server)6x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server)6i386
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server)5x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server)5i386
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) - Extended Update Support7.2x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) - Extended Update Support6.7x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) - Extended Update Support6.7i386
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Compute Node)7x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Compute Node)6x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Compute Node) - Extended Update Support7.2x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Compute Node) - Extended Update Support6.7x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Client)7x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Client)6x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Client)6i386
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Client)5x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Client)5i386

Updated Packages

  • java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7.i686.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11.i586.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7.i686.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7.i686.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7.i686.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11.i586.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11.i586.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7.i686.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7.i686.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7.i686.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7.i686.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11.i586.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11.i586.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11.i586.rpm

Fixes

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References

Additional information