Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 541
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 541

openSUSE 12.2 Security Update: 2013:0199-1 Critical Java Fix

opensuse
Calendar Grey January 25, 2013
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Significant patch release for openSUSE addressing critical vulnerabilities in java-1_8_0-openjdk along with detailed installation guidelines.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

Description

java-1_7_0-openjdk was updated to icedtea-2.3.4 fixing bugs

and also severe security issues:

* Security fixes

- S8004933, CVE-2012-3174: Improve MethodHandle

interaction with libraries

- S8006017, CVE-2013-0422: Improve lookup resolutions

- S8006125: Update MethodHandles library interactions

* Bug fixes

- S7197906: BlockOffsetArray::power_to_cards_back() needs

to handle > 32 bit shifts

- G422525: Fix building with PaX enabled kernels.

- use gpg-offline to check the validity of icedtea tarball

- use jamvm on %arm

- use icedtea package name instead of protected openjdk for

jamvm builds

- fix armv5 build

- update to java access bridge 1.26.2

* bugfix release, mainly 64bit JNI and JVM support

- fix a segfault in AWT code - (bnc#792951)

* add openjdk-7-src-b147-awt-crasher.patch

- turn pulseaudio off on pre 11.4 distros

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical security fix severe issue java update openSUSE java-1_7_0-openjdk

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 12.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-47

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE 12.2 (i586 x86_64):

java-1_7_0-openjdk-1.7.0.6-3.20.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.6-3.20.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-debugsource-1.7.0.6-3.20.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.6-3.20.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-demo-debuginfo-1.7.0.6-3.20.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.6-3.20.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-devel-debuginfo-1.7.0.6-3.20.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-javadoc-1.7.0.6-3.20.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-src-1.7.0.6-3.20.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3174.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0422.html

--

Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2013:0199-1
Rating: critical
Affected Products: openSUSE 12.2 le.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical security fix severe issue java update openSUSE java-1_7_0-openjdk

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Related News

Your message here