Issued:
2016-02-02
Updated:
2016-02-02

RHSA-2016:0098 - Critical: java-1.8.0-ibm security update

Synopsis

Critical: java-1.8.0-ibm security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Critical

Topic

Updated java-1.8.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 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 8 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-2015-5041, CVE-2015-7575, CVE-2015-8126, CVE-2015-8472, CVE-2016-0402, CVE-2016-0448, CVE-2016-0466, CVE-2016-0475, 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-1.8.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM Java SE 8 SR2-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 x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support7.5ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support7.4ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support7.3ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support7.2ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support7.5ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support7.4ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support7.3ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support7.2ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support7.5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support7.4s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support7.3s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support7.2s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node7.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node7.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop7x86_64

Updated Packages

  • java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.s390.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.i686.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.s390.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.i686.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.ppc.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.ppc.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm

Fixes

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References

Additional information