10 - RHSA-2016:0678

Problem Description:

An update for java-1.7.0-oracle is now available for Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 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.

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 upgrades Oracle Java SE 7 to version 7 Update 101.

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-2016-0686, CVE-2016-0687, CVE-2016-0695, CVE-2016-3422, CVE-2016-3425, CVE-2016-3427, CVE-2016-3443, CVE-2016-3449)

4. 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.

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

1327743 - CVE-2016-0686 OpenJDK: insufficient thread consistency checks in ObjectInputStream (Serialization, 8129952) 1327749 - CVE-2016-0687 OpenJDK: insufficient byte type checks (Hotspot, 8132051) 1328022 - CVE-2016-0695 OpenJDK: insufficient DSA key parameters checks (Security, 8138593) 1328040 - CVE-2016-3425 OpenJDK: incorrect handling of surrogate pairs in XML attribute values (JAXP, 8143167) 1328210 - CVE-2016-3427 OpenJDK: unrestricted deserialization of authentication credentials (JMX, 8144430) 1328618 - CVE-2016-3443 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u115, 7u101 and 8u91 (2D) 1328619 - CVE-2016-3449 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u115, 7u101 and 8u91 (Deployment) 1328620 - CVE-2016-3422 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u115, 7u101 and 8u91 (2D)