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Red Hat: 2012:0006-01 Critical: Java-1.4.2-IBM Security Update

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Calendar Grey January 9, 2012
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Critical: java-1.4.2-ibm security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:
Updated java-1.4.2-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Summary

The IBM Java SE version 1.4.2 release includes the IBM Java 1.4.2 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 1.4.2 Software Development Kit.
This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java 1.4.2 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 1.4.2 Software Development Kit. Detailed vulnerability descriptions are linked from the IBM "Security alerts" page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2011-3389, CVE-2011-3545, CVE-2011-3547, CVE-2011-3548, CVE-2011-3549, CVE-2011-3552, CVE-2011-3556, CVE-2011-3557, CVE-2011-3560)
All users of java-1.4.2-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain the IBM Java 1.4.2 SR13-FP11 release. All running instances of IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3389 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3545 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-2011-3552 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-2011-3560 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-sdk/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386: java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.ia64.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.ia64.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.ia64.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.ppc64.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.ppc64.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.ppc64.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.ppc64.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.ppc64.rpm
s390: java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el4.s390.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0006-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0006.html
Issue date: 2012-01-09

Topic

Updated java-1.4.2-ibm packages that fix several security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 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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Topics Covered

security advisory critical security patch red hat enterprise linux security issues runtime environment java update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras - i386, ia64, 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)

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

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)

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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