(RHSA-2018:1723) Important: java-1.7.1-ibm security update

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-FP25.

Security Fix(es):

• OpenJDK: unrestricted deserialization of data from JCEKS key stores (Security, 8189997) (CVE-2018-2794)

• Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u191, 7u171, and 8u161 (Security) (CVE-2018-2783)

• OpenJDK: insufficient consistency checks in deserialization of multiple classes (Security, 8189977) (CVE-2018-2795)

• OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in PriorityBlockingQueue (Concurrency, 8189981) (CVE-2018-2796)

• OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in TabularDataSupport (JMX, 8189985) (CVE-2018-2797)

• OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in Container (AWT, 8189989) (CVE-2018-2798)

• OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in NamedNodeMapImpl (JAXP, 8189993) (CVE-2018-2799)

• OpenJDK: RMI HTTP transport enabled by default (RMI, 8193833) (CVE-2018-2800)

• OpenJDK: incorrect merging of sections in the JAR manifest (Security, 8189969) (CVE-2018-2790)

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.