(RHSA-2018:2569) 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-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.