Issued:
2020-08-10
Updated:
2020-08-10

RHSA-2020:3386 - Important: java-1.8.0-ibm security update

Synopsis

Important: java-1.8.0-ibm security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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

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

This update upgrades IBM Java SE 8 to version 8 SR6-FP15.

Security Fix(es):

  • OpenJDK: Use of unsafe RSA-MD5 checksum in Kerberos TGS (Security, 8229951) (CVE-2020-2601)

  • OpenJDK: Bypass of boundary checks in nio.Buffer via concurrent access (Libraries, 8238920) (CVE-2020-14583)

  • OpenJDK: Incomplete bounds checks in Affine Transformations (2D, 8240119) (CVE-2020-14593)

  • IBM JDK: Information disclosure via calls to System.arraycopy() with invalid length (CVE-2019-17639)

  • OpenJDK: Improper checks of SASL message properties in GssKrb5Base (Security, 8226352) (CVE-2020-2590)

  • OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of access control context in ForkJoinPool (Libraries, 8237117) (CVE-2020-14556)

  • OpenJDK: Unexpected exception raised by DerInputStream (Libraries, 8237731) (CVE-2020-14578)

  • OpenJDK: Unexpected exception raised by DerValue.equals() (Libraries, 8237736) (CVE-2020-14579)

  • OpenJDK: XML validation manipulation due to incomplete application of the use-grammar-pool-only feature (JAXP, 8242136) (CVE-2020-14621)

  • OpenJDK: HostnameChecker does not ensure X.509 certificate names are in normalized form (JSSE, 8237592) (CVE-2020-14577)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, 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 IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_648x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support8.8x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support8.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support8.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian8ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support8.8ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support8.6ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support8.2ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems8s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support8.8s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support8.6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support8.2s390x

Updated Packages

  • java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-src-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-headless-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-devel-1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

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References

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