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Calendar Grey October 19, 2011
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important patch available for java-1.6.0-sun software fixing multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat environments.
Updated java-1.6.0-sun packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 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 https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

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 Critical Patch page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2011-3389, CVE-2011-3516, CVE-2011-3521, CVE-2011-3544, CVE-2011-3545, CVE-2011-3546, CVE-2011-3547, CVE-2011-3548, CVE-2011-3549, CVE-2011-3550, CVE-2011-3551, CVE-2011-3552, CVE-2011-3553, CVE-2011-3554, CVE-2011-3555, CVE-2011-3556, CVE-2011-3557, CVE-2011-3558, CVE-2011-3560, CVE-2011-3561)
All users of java-1.6.0-sun are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which provide JDK and JRE 6 Update 29 and resolve these issues. All running instances of Sun Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat critical remote code execution java Java Runtime

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3389 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3516 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3521 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3544 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3545 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3546 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3547 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3548 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3549 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3550 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3551 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3552 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3553 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3554 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3555 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3556 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3557 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3558 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3560 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3561 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/javacpuoct2011.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm
x86_64: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras:
i386: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm
x86_64: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:1384-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1384.html
Issue date: 2011-10-19

Topic

Updated java-1.6.0-sun packages that fix several security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras, and Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 5 and 6 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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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat critical remote code execution java Java Runtime

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

737506 - CVE-2011-3389 HTTPS: block-wise chosen-plaintext attack against SSL/TLS (BEAST)

745379 - CVE-2011-3560 OpenJDK: missing checkSetFactory calls in HttpsURLConnection (JSSE, 7096936)

745387 - CVE-2011-3547 OpenJDK: InputStream skip() information leak (Networking/IO, 7000600)

745391 - CVE-2011-3551 OpenJDK: Java2D TransformHelper integer overflow (2D, 7023640)

745397 - CVE-2011-3552 OpenJDK: excessive default UDP socket limit under SecurityManager (Networking, 7032417)

745399 - CVE-2011-3544 OpenJDK: missing SecurityManager checks in scripting engine (Scripting, 7046823)

745442 - CVE-2011-3521 OpenJDK: IIOP deserialization code execution (Deserialization, 7055902)

745447 - CVE-2011-3554 OpenJDK: insufficient pack200 JAR files uncompress error checks (Runtime, 7057857)

745459 - CVE-2011-3556 OpenJDK: RMI DGC server remote code execution (RMI, 7077466)

745464 - CVE-2011-3557 OpenJDK: RMI registry privileged code execution (RMI, 7083012)

745473 - CVE-2011-3548 OpenJDK: mutable static AWTKeyStroke.ctor (AWT, 7019773)

745476 - CVE-2011-3553 OpenJDK: JAX-WS stack-traces information leak (JAX-WS, 7046794)

745492 - CVE-2011-3558 OpenJDK: Hotspot unspecified issue (Hotspot, 7070134)

747191 - CVE-2011-3545 Oracle/IBM JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u29 (Sound)

747198 - CVE-2011-3549 Oracle/IBM JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u29 (Swing)

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