(RHSA-2014:1877) Critical: java-1.6.0-ibm security update

IBM Java SE version 6 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM
Java Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java Runtime
Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit. Detailed
vulnerability descriptions are linked from the IBM Security alerts
page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2014-3065, CVE-2014-3566,
CVE-2014-4288, CVE-2014-6457, CVE-2014-6458, CVE-2014-6492, CVE-2014-6493,
CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6503, CVE-2014-6506, CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6512,
CVE-2014-6515, CVE-2014-6531, CVE-2014-6532, CVE-2014-6558)

The CVE-2014-6512 issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat
Product Security.

Note: With this update, the IBM SDK now disables the SSL 3.0 protocol to
address the CVE-2014-3566 issue (also known as POODLE). Refer to the IBM
article linked to in the References section for additional details about
this change and instructions on how to re-enable SSL 3.0 support if needed.

All users of java-1.6.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, containing the IBM Java SE 6 SR16-FP2 release. All running
instances of IBM Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.