openSUSE Security Update: java-1_6_0-openjdk: update to icedtea 1.12.3
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2013:0378-1
Rating:             important
References:         #801972 #804654 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-0169 CVE-2013-1486
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.4
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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   java-1_6_0-openjdk was updated to IcedTea 1.12.3
   (bnc#804654)  containing security and bugfixes:

   * Security fixes
   - S8006446: Restrict MBeanServer access (CVE-2013-1486)
   - S8006777: Improve TLS handling of invalid messages
   Lucky 13 (CVE-2013-0169)
   - S8007688: Blacklist known bad certificate (issued by
   DigiCert)
   * Backports
   - S8007393: Possible race condition after JDK-6664509
   - S8007611: logging behavior in applet changed
   * Bug fixes
   - PR1319: Support GIF lib v5.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 11.4:

      zypper in -t patch 2013-33

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

      java-1_6_0-openjdk-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1
      java-1_6_0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1
      java-1_6_0-openjdk-debugsource-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1
      java-1_6_0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1
      java-1_6_0-openjdk-demo-debuginfo-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1
      java-1_6_0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1
      java-1_6_0-openjdk-devel-debuginfo-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1
      java-1_6_0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1
      java-1_6_0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0169.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1486.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/801972
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/804654

openSUSE: 2013:0378-1: important: java-1_6_0-openjdk

March 1, 2013
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Description

java-1_6_0-openjdk was updated to IcedTea 1.12.3 (bnc#804654) containing security and bugfixes: * Security fixes - S8006446: Restrict MBeanServer access (CVE-2013-1486) - S8006777: Improve TLS handling of invalid messages Lucky 13 (CVE-2013-0169) - S8007688: Blacklist known bad certificate (issued by DigiCert) * Backports - S8007393: Possible race condition after JDK-6664509 - S8007611: logging behavior in applet changed * Bug fixes - PR1319: Support GIF lib v5.

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch 2013-33 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64): java-1_6_0-openjdk-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1 java-1_6_0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1 java-1_6_0-openjdk-debugsource-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1 java-1_6_0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1 java-1_6_0-openjdk-demo-debuginfo-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1 java-1_6_0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1 java-1_6_0-openjdk-devel-debuginfo-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1 java-1_6_0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1 java-1_6_0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-29.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0169.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1486.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/801972 https://bugzilla.novell.com/804654


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2013:0378-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 .

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