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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 & 5 RHSA-2010:0337-01 Critical Java Update

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Calendar Grey March 31, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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Updated java-1.6.0-sun packages that correct several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

The Sun 1.6.0 Java release includes the Sun Java 6 Runtime Environment and the Sun Java 6 Software Development Kit.
This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the Sun Java 6 Runtime Environment and the Sun Java 6 Software Development Kit. Further information about these flaws can be found on the "Oracle Java SE and Java for Business Critical Patch Update Advisory" page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2009-3555, CVE-2010-0082, CVE-2010-0084, CVE-2010-0085, CVE-2010-0087, CVE-2010-0088, CVE-2010-0089, CVE-2010-0090, CVE-2010-0091, CVE-2010-0092, CVE-2010-0093, CVE-2010-0094, CVE-2010-0095, CVE-2010-0837, CVE-2010-0838, CVE-2010-0839, CVE-2010-0840, CVE-2010-0841, CVE-2010-0842, CVE-2010-0843, CVE-2010-0844, CVE-2010-0845, CVE-2010-0846, CVE-2010-0847, CVE-2010-0848, CVE-2010-0849)
For the CVE-2009-3555 issue, this update disables renegotiation in the Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) component. Unsafe renegotiation can be re-enabled using the sun.security.ssl.allowUnsafeRenegotiation property. Refer to the following Knowledgebase article for details:
Users of java-1.6.0-sun should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. All running instances of Sun Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3555 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0082 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0084 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0085 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0087 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0088 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0089 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0090 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0091 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0092 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0093 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0094 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0095 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0837 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0838 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0839 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0840 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0841 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0842 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0843 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0844 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0845 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0846 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0847 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm
x86_64: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras:
i386: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm
x86_64: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0337-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0337.html
Issue date: 2010-03-31

Topic

Updated java-1.6.0-sun packages that correct several security issues arenow available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

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Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

533125 - CVE-2009-3555 TLS: MITM attacks via session renegotiation

575736 - CVE-2010-0082 OpenJDK Loader-constraint table allows arrays instead of only the base-classes (6626217)

575740 - CVE-2010-0084 OpenJDK Policy/PolicyFile leak dynamic ProtectionDomains. (6633872)

575747 - CVE-2010-0085 OpenJDK File TOCTOU deserialization vulnerability (6736390)

575755 - CVE-2010-0088 OpenJDK Inflater/Deflater clone issues (6745393)

575756 - CVE-2010-0091 OpenJDK Unsigned applet can retrieve the dragged information before drop action occurs(6887703)

575760 - CVE-2010-0092 OpenJDK AtomicReferenceArray causes SIGSEGV -> SEGV_MAPERR error (6888149)

575764 - CVE-2010-0093 OpenJDK System.arraycopy unable to reference elements beyond Integer.MAX_VALUE bytes (6892265)

575769 - CVE-2010-0094 OpenJDK Deserialization of RMIConnectionImpl objects should enforce stricter checks (6893947)

575772 - CVE-2010-0095 OpenJDK Subclasses of InetAddress may incorrectly interpret network addresses (6893954)

575775 - CVE-2010-0845 OpenJDK No ClassCastException for HashAttributeSet constructors if run with -Xcomp (6894807)

575808 - CVE-2010-0838 OpenJDK CMM readMabCurveData Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (6899653)

575818 - CVE-2010-0837 OpenJDK JAR "unpack200" must verify input parameters (6902299)

575846 - CVE-2010-0840 OpenJDK Applet Trusted Methods Chaining Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (6904691)

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