10 - RHSA-2015:1927

Problem Description:

Updated java-1.7.0-oracle packages that fix several security issues are now available for Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64 Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client 5 - i386, x86_64 Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node (v. 7) - x86_64 Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 - i386, x86_64 Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6 - i386, x86_64 Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64 Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 - i386, x86_64 Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 - i386, x86_64 Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation - i386, x86_64 Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

3. Description:

Oracle Java SE version 7 includes the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several 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-2015-4734, CVE-2015-4803, CVE-2015-4805, CVE-2015-4806, CVE-2015-4810, CVE-2015-4835, CVE-2015-4840, CVE-2015-4842, CVE-2015-4843, CVE-2015-4844, CVE-2015-4860, CVE-2015-4871, CVE-2015-4872, CVE-2015-4881, CVE-2015-4882, CVE-2015-4883, CVE-2015-4893, CVE-2015-4902, CVE-2015-4903, CVE-2015-4911)

Red Hat would like to thank Andrea Palazzo of Truel IT for reporting the CVE-2015-4806 issue.

All users of java-1.7.0-oracle are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which provide Oracle Java 7 Update 91 and resolve these issues. All running instances of Oracle Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1233687 - CVE-2015-4806 OpenJDK: HttpURLConnection header restriction bypass (Libraries, 8130193) 1273022 - CVE-2015-4835 OpenJDK: insufficient permission checks in StubGenerator (CORBA, 8076383) 1273027 - CVE-2015-4881 OpenJDK: missing type checks in IIOPInputStream (CORBA, 8076392) 1273053 - CVE-2015-4843 OpenJDK: java.nio Buffers integer overflow issues (Libraries, 8130891) 1273304 - CVE-2015-4883 OpenJDK: incorrect access control context used in DGCClient (RMI, 8076413) 1273308 - CVE-2015-4860 OpenJDK: incorrect access control context used in DGCImpl (RMI, 8080688) 1273311 - CVE-2015-4805 OpenJDK: missing checks for proper initialization in ObjectStreamClass (Serialization, 8103671) 1273318 - CVE-2015-4844 ICU: missing boundary checks in layout engine (OpenJDK 2D, 8132042) 1273338 - CVE-2015-4840 OpenJDK: OOB access in CMS code (2D, 8086092) 1273414 - CVE-2015-4882 OpenJDK: incorrect String object deserialization in IIOPInputStream (CORBA, 8076387) 1273425 - CVE-2015-4842 OpenJDK: leak of user.dir location (JAXP, 8078427) 1273430 - CVE-2015-4734 OpenJDK: kerberos realm name leak (JGSS, 8048030) 1273496 - CVE-2015-4903 OpenJDK: insufficient proxy class checks in RemoteObjectInvocationHandler (RMI, 8076339) 1273637 - CVE-2015-4803 OpenJDK: inefficient use of hash tables and lists during XML parsing (JAXP, 8068842) 1273638 - CVE-2015-4893 OpenJDK: incomplete MaxXMLNameLimit enforcement (JAXP, 8086733) 1273645 - CVE-2015-4911 OpenJDK: incomplete supportDTD enforcement (JAXP, 8130078) 1273734 - CVE-2015-4872 OpenJDK: incomplete constraints enforcement by AlgorithmChecker (Security, 8131291) 1273858 - CVE-2015-4810 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u91 and 8u65 (Deployment) 1273859 - CVE-2015-4871 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u91 (Libraries) 1273860 - CVE-2015-4902 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u105, 7u91 and 8u65 (Deployment)