Security Fix(es) :

  - An untrusted library search path flaw was found in the     JCE component of OpenJDK. A local attacker could     possibly use this flaw to cause a Java application using     JCE to load an attacker-controlled library and hence     escalate their privileges. (CVE-2017-3511)

  - It was found that the JAXP component of OpenJDK failed     to correctly enforce parse tree size limits when parsing     XML document. An attacker able to make a Java     application parse a specially crafted XML document could     use this flaw to make it consume an excessive amount of     CPU and memory. (CVE-2017-3526)

  - It was discovered that the HTTP client implementation in     the Networking component of OpenJDK could cache and     re-use an NTLM authenticated connection in a different     security context. A remote attacker could possibly use     this flaw to make a Java application perform HTTP     requests authenticated with credentials of a different     user. (CVE-2017-3509)

Note: This update adds support for the 'jdk.ntlm.cache' system property which, when set to false, prevents caching of NTLM connections and authentications and hence prevents this issue.
However, caching remains enabled by default.

  - It was discovered that the Security component of OpenJDK     did not allow users to restrict the set of algorithms     allowed for Jar integrity verification. This flaw could     allow an attacker to modify content of the Jar file that     used weak signing key or hash algorithm. (CVE-2017-3539)

Note: This updates extends the fix for CVE-2016-5542 released as part of the SLSA-2016:2658 erratum to no longer allow the MD5 hash algorithm during the Jar integrity verification by adding it to the jdk.jar.disabledAlgorithms security property.

  - Newline injection flaws were discovered in FTP and SMTP     client implementations in the Networking component in     OpenJDK. A remote attacker could possibly use these     flaws to manipulate FTP or SMTP connections established     by a Java application. (CVE-2017-3533, CVE-2017-3544)

Scientific Linux Security Update : java-1.7.0-openjdk on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20170509)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100096

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