Issued:
2016-11-02
Updated:
2016-11-02

RHSA-2016:2137 - Critical: java-1.7.1-ibm security update

Synopsis

Critical: java-1.7.1-ibm security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Critical

Topic

An update for java-1.7.1-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

IBM Java SE version 7 Release 1 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.

This update upgrades IBM Java SE 7 to version 7R1 SR3-FP60.

Security Fix(es):

  • This update fixes multiple 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-2016-5542, CVE-2016-5554, CVE-2016-5556, CVE-2016-5573, CVE-2016-5597)

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.

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 Scientific Computing7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_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, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
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 IBM z Systems7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
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 Workstation7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • java-1.7.1-ibm-demo-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.i686.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.i686.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.ppc.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.ppc64le.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-src-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.i686.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-demo-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.ppc.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.i686.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-src-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.i686.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-src-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-src-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-demo-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-demo-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.s390.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-demo-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.s390.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.ppc64le.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.ppc.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.ppc64le.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-src-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-demo-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.ppc64le.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.i686.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-demo-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.i686.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.i686.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-demo-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-src-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-src-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-src-1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2.ppc64le.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

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