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[RHSA-2018:2712-01] Moderate: java-1.7.1-ibm security update

Posted on 17 September 2018
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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Moderate: java-1.7.1-ibm security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2712-01
Product: Red Hat Satellite
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2712
Issue date: 2018-09-17
CVE Names: CVE-2018-1517 CVE-2018-1656 CVE-2018-2940
CVE-2018-2952 CVE-2018-2973 CVE-2018-12539
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1. Summary:

An update for java-1.7.1-ibm is now available for Red Hat Satellite 5.6 and
Red Hat Satellite 5.7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. 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:

Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) - s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) - s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

IBM Java SE version 7 Release 1 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment
and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.

This update upgrades IBM Java SE 7 to version 7R1 SR4-FP30.

Security Fix(es):

* IBM JDK: privilege escalation via insufficiently restricted access to
Attach API (CVE-2018-12539)

* IBM JDK: DoS in the java.math component (CVE-2018-1517)

* IBM JDK: path traversal flaw in the Diagnostic Tooling Framework
(CVE-2018-1656)

* 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.

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

For this update to take effect, Red Hat Satellite must be restarted
("/usr/sbin/rhn-satellite restart"). All running instances of IBM Java must
be restarted for this update to take effect.

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

1600925 - CVE-2018-2952 OpenJDK: insufficient index validation in PatternSyntaxException getMessage() (Concurrency, 8199547)
1602145 - CVE-2018-2973 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u201, 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (JSSE)
1602146 - CVE-2018-2940 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u201, 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (Libraries)
1618767 - CVE-2018-12539 IBM JDK: privilege escalation via insufficiently restricted access to Attach API
1618869 - CVE-2018-1656 IBM JDK: path traversal flaw in the Diagnostic Tooling Framework
1618871 - CVE-2018-1517 IBM JDK: DoS in the java.math component

6. Package List:

Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6):

s390x:
java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10.s390x.rpm
java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6):

s390x:
java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10.s390x.rpm
java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
java-1.7.1-ibm-1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
java-1.7.1-ibm-devel-1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1517
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1656
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2940
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2952
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2973
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12539
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.

 

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