Issued:
2018-07-24
Updated:
2018-07-24

RHSA-2018:2256 - 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.

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 181.

Security Fix(es):

  • Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (JavaFX) (CVE-2018-2941)

  • Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 8u181 and 10.0.2 (Deployment) (CVE-2018-2964)

  • Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u201, 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (Libraries) (CVE-2018-2940)

  • OpenJDK: insufficient index validation in PatternSyntaxException getMessage() (Concurrency, 8199547) (CVE-2018-2952)

  • Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u201, 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (JSSE) (CVE-2018-2973)

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)6x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Workstation)6i386
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server)6x86_64
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Server)6i386
Oracle Java (Restricted Maintenance) (for RHEL Compute Node)6x86_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-devel-1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin-1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el6.i686.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin-1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx-1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el6.i686.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc-1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx-1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-src-1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el6.i686.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-src-1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el6.i686.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-devel-1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el6.i686.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc-1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el6.i686.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-oracle-1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information