Security update for java-1_7_0-openjdk

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1422-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12

An update that solves 11 vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

OpenJDK was updated to icedtea 2.5.3 (OpenJDK 7u71) fixing security issues and bugs.

  • Security:
  • S8015256: Better class accessibility
  • S8022783, CVE-2014-6504: Optimize C2 optimizations
  • S8035162: Service printing service
  • S8035781: Improve equality for annotations
  • S8036805: Correct linker method lookup.
  • S8036810: Correct linker field lookup
  • S8036936: Use local locales
  • S8037066, CVE-2014-6457: Secure transport layer
  • S8037846, CVE-2014-6558: Ensure streaming of input cipher streams
  • S8038364: Use certificate exceptions correctly
  • S8038899: Safer safepoints
  • S8038903: More native monitor monitoring
  • S8038908: Make Signature more robust
  • S8038913: Bolster XML support
  • S8039509, CVE-2014-6512: Wrap sockets more thoroughly
  • S8039533, CVE-2014-6517: Higher resolution resolvers
  • S8041540, CVE-2014-6511: Better use of pages in font processing
  • S8041529: Better parameterization of parameter lists
  • S8041545: Better validation of generated rasters
  • S8041564, CVE-2014-6506: Improved management of logger resources
  • S8041717, CVE-2014-6519: Issue with class file parser
  • S8042609, CVE-2014-6513: Limit splashiness of splash images
  • S8042797, CVE-2014-6502: Avoid strawberries in LogRecord

  • S8044274, CVE-2014-6531: Proper property processing

  • Backports:

  • S4963723: Implement SHA-224
  • S7044060: Need to support NSA Suite B Cryptography algorithms
  • S7122142: (ann) Race condition between isAnnotationPresent and getAnnotations
  • S7160837: DigestOutputStream does not turn off digest calculation when "close()" is called
  • S8006935: Need to take care of long secret keys in HMAC/PRF computation
  • S8012637: Adjust CipherInputStream class to work in AEAD/GCM mode
  • S8028192: Use of PKCS11-NSS provider in FIPS mode broken
  • S8038000: java.awt.image.RasterFormatException: Incorrect scanline stride
  • S8039396: NPE when writing a class descriptor object to a custom ObjectOutputStream
  • S8042603: 'SafepointPollOffset' was not declared in static member function 'static bool Arguments::check_vm_args_consistency()'
  • S8042850: Extra unused entries in ICU ScriptCodes enum
  • S8052162: REGRESSION: sun/java2d/cmm/ColorConvertOp tests fail since 7u71 b01
  • S8053963: (dc) Use DatagramChannel.receive() instead of read() in connect()

  • S8055176: 7u71 l10n resource file translation update

  • Bugfixes:

  • PR1988: C++ Interpreter should no longer be used on ppc64
  • PR1989: Make jdk_generic_profile.sh handle missing programs better and be more verbose
  • PR1992, RH735336: Support retrieving proxy settings on GNOME 3.12.2
  • PR2000: Synchronise HEAD tarball paths with release branch paths
  • PR2002: Fix references to hotspot.map following PR2000
  • PR2003: --disable-system-gtk option broken by refactoring in PR1736
  • PR2009: Checksum of policy JAR files changes on every build
  • PR2014: Use version from hotspot.map to create tarball filename
  • PR2015: Update hotspot.map documentation in INSTALL
  • PR2025: LCMS_CFLAGS and LCMS_LIBS should not be used unless SYSTEM_LCMS is enabled

  • RH1015432: java-1.7.0-openjdk: Fails on PPC with StackOverflowError (revised comprehensive fix)

  • CACAO

  • PR2030, G453612, CA172: ARM hardfloat support for CACAO

  • AArch64 port

  • AArch64 C2 instruct for smull
  • Add frame anchor fences.
  • Add MacroAssembler::maybe_isb()
  • Add missing instruction synchronization barriers and cache flushes.
  • Add support for a few simple intrinsics
  • Add support for builtin crc32 instructions
  • Add support for Neon implementation of CRC32
  • All address constants are 48 bits in size.
  • array load must only read 32 bits
  • Define uabs(). Use it everywhere an absolute value is wanted.
  • Fast string comparison
  • Fast String.equals()
  • Fix register usage in generate_verify_oop().
  • Fix thinko in Atomic::xchg_ptr.
  • Fix typo in fsqrts
  • Improve C1 performance improvements in ic_cache checks
  • Performance improvement and ease of use changes pulled from upstream
  • Remove obsolete C1 patching code.
  • Replace hotspot jtreg test suite with tests from jdk7u
  • S8024648: 7141246 breaks Zero port
  • Save intermediate state before removing C1 patching code.
  • Unwind native AArch64 frames.
  • Use 2- and 3-instruction immediate form of movoop and mov_metadata in C2-generated code.
  • Various concurrency fixes.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2014-68=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2014-68=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2014-68=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-debugsource-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-headless-debuginfo-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-headless-1.7.0.71-6.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-debugsource-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-demo-debuginfo-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-devel-debuginfo-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-headless-debuginfo-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-headless-1.7.0.71-6.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-debugsource-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-demo-debuginfo-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-devel-debuginfo-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-headless-debuginfo-1.7.0.71-6.2
    • java-1_7_0-openjdk-headless-1.7.0.71-6.2

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