Issued:
2018-04-23
Updated:
2018-04-23

RHSA-2018:1205 - Important: java-1.6.0-sun security update

Synopsis

Important: java-1.6.0-sun security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for java-1.6.0-sun is now available for Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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 6 includes the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit.

This update upgrades Oracle Java SE 6 to version 6 Update 191.

Security Fix(es):

  • OpenJDK: incorrect handling of Reference clones can lead to sandbox bypass (Hotspot, 8192025) (CVE-2018-2814)

  • OpenJDK: unrestricted deserialization of data from JCEKS key stores (Security, 8189997) (CVE-2018-2794)

  • Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u191, 7u171, and 8u161 (Security) (CVE-2018-2783)

  • OpenJDK: insufficient consistency checks in deserialization of multiple classes (Security, 8189977) (CVE-2018-2795)

  • OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in TabularDataSupport (JMX, 8189985) (CVE-2018-2797)

  • OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in Container (AWT, 8189989) (CVE-2018-2798)

  • OpenJDK: RMI HTTP transport enabled by default (RMI, 8193833) (CVE-2018-2800)

  • OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in StubIORImpl (Serialization, 8192757) (CVE-2018-2815)

  • OpenJDK: incorrect merging of sections in the JAR manifest (Security, 8189969) (CVE-2018-2790)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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 Server)7x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server) - Extended Update Support7.5x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Compute Node)7x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Compute Node) - Extended Update Support7.5x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Client)7x86_64

Updated Packages

  • java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.191-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.191-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.191-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.191-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.191-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.191-1jpp.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.191-1jpp.1.el7.i686.rpm
  • java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.191-1jpp.1.el7.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information