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Red Hat: RHSA-2009:0016-01 Critical: Java-1.5.0-IBM Security Update

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Calendar Grey January 13, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Oracle has issued a pivotal alert concerning security enhancements for jdk-1.8.0-oracle packages within Solaris 10 and 11 environments.
Updated java-1.5.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary. This update has been rated as having...

Solution

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

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

Summary

The IBM 1.5.0 Java release includes the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit.
This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit. These are summarized in the "Security Alerts" from IBM.
All users of java-1.5.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM 1.5.0 SR9 Java release.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2086 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5339 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5340 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5341 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5342 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5343 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5344 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5345 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5346 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5348 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5349 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5350 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5351 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5352 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5353 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5354 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5356 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5357 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5359 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5360 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.ibm.com/us-en

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386: java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
ppc: java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.s390.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.s390.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.s390.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.s390.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.s390x.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.s390x.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.s390x.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0016-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0016.html
Issue date: 2009-01-13

Topic

Updated java-1.5.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat critical software patch Java security java update

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Red Hat Desktop 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

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

RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server) - i386, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

472201 - CVE-2008-5350 OpenJDK allows to list files within the user home directory (6484091)

472206 - CVE-2008-5349 OpenJDK RSA public key length denial-of-service (6497740)

472209 - CVE-2008-5348 OpenJDK Denial-Of-Service in kerberos authentication (6588160)

472211 - CVE-2008-5360 OpenJDK temporary files have guessable file names (6721753)

472212 - CVE-2008-5359 OpenJDK Buffer overflow in image processing (6726779)

472213 - CVE-2008-5351 OpenJDK UTF-8 decoder accepts non-shortest form sequences (4486841)

472218 - CVE-2008-5356 OpenJDK Font processing vulnerability (6733336)

472224 - CVE-2008-5353 OpenJDK calendar object deserialization allows privilege escalation (6734167)

472228 - CVE-2008-5354 OpenJDK Privilege escalation in command line applications (6733959)

472231 - CVE-2008-5357 OpenJDK Truetype Font processing vulnerability (6751322)

472233 - CVE-2008-5352 OpenJDK Jar200 Decompression buffer overflow (6755943)

474556 - CVE-2008-2086 Java Web Start File Inclusion via System Properties Override

474772 - CVE-2008-5339 JavaWebStart allows unauthorized network connections

474773 - CVE-2008-5340 Java WebStart privilege escalation

474786 - CVE-2008-5341 Java Web Start exposes username and the pathname of the JWS cache

474789 - CVE-2008-5342 Java Web Start BasicService displays local files in the browser

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