Issued:
2018-01-18
Updated:
2018-01-18

RHSA-2018:0099 - Critical: java-1.8.0-oracle security update

Synopsis

Critical: java-1.8.0-oracle security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Critical

Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-oracle is now available for Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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

Oracle Java SE version 8 includes the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit.

This update upgrades Oracle Java SE 8 to version 8 Update 161.

Security Fix(es):

  • This update fixes multiple 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-2018-2579, CVE-2018-2581, CVE-2018-2582, CVE-2018-2588, CVE-2018-2599, CVE-2018-2602, CVE-2018-2603, CVE-2018-2618, CVE-2018-2627, CVE-2018-2629, CVE-2018-2633, CVE-2018-2634, CVE-2018-2637, CVE-2018-2638, CVE-2018-2639, CVE-2018-2641, CVE-2018-2663, CVE-2018-2677, CVE-2018-2678)

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 Oracle Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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 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) - Extended Update Support7.4x86_64
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 Support7.4x86_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

Updated Packages

  • java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc-1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc-1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-devel-1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9.i686.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-src-1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-src-1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin-1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin-1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx-1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-devel-1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-src-1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9.i686.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-devel-1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin-1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9.i686.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx-1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9.i686.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx-1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9.i686.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc-1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information