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RedHat 4/5: RHSA-2009:1560-01 Critical: Java 1.6.0-sun DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey November 9, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Significant vulnerabilities in Oracle's Java 1.6.0-sun distributions necessitate prompt action to ensure safe implementation.
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. This update has been rated as hav...

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 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. These vulnerabilities are summarized on the "Advance notification of Security Updates for Java SE" page from Sun Microsystems, listed in the References section. (CVE-2009-2409, CVE-2009-3728, CVE-2009-3729, CVE-2009-3865, CVE-2009-3866, CVE-2009-3867, CVE-2009-3868, CVE-2009-3869, CVE-2009-3871, CVE-2009-3872, CVE-2009-3873, CVE-2009-3874, CVE-2009-3875, CVE-2009-3876, CVE-2009-3877, CVE-2009-3879, CVE-2009-3880, CVE-2009-3881, CVE-2009-3882, CVE-2009-3883, CVE-2009-3884, CVE-2009-3886)
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://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2409 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3728 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3729 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3865 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3866 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3867 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3868 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3869 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3871 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3872 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3873 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3874 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3875 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3876 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3877 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3879 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3880 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3881 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3882 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3883 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3884 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3886 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://blogs.oracle.com/failaction/404.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm
x86_64: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras:
i386: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm
x86_64: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1560-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1560.html
Issue date: 2009-11-09

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat critical software update DoS Java

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

510197 - CVE-2009-2409 deprecate MD2 in SSL cert validation (Kaminsky)

530053 - CVE-2009-3873 OpenJDK JPEG Image Writer quantization problem (6862968)

530057 - CVE-2009-3875 OpenJDK MessageDigest.isEqual introduces timing attack vulnerabilities (6863503)

530061 - CVE-2009-3876 OpenJDK ASN.1/DER input stream parser denial of service (6864911) CVE-2009-3877

530062 - CVE-2009-3869 OpenJDK JRE AWT setDifflCM stack overflow (6872357)

530063 - CVE-2009-3871 OpenJDK JRE AWT setBytePixels heap overflow (6872358)

530067 - CVE-2009-3874 OpenJDK ImageI/O JPEG heap overflow (6874643)

530098 - CVE-2009-3728 OpenJDK ICC_Profile file existence detection information leak (6631533)

530173 - CVE-2009-3881 OpenJDK resurrected classloaders can still have children (6636650)

530175 - CVE-2009-3882 CVE-2009-3883 OpenJDK information leaks in mutable variables (6657026,6657138)

530296 - CVE-2009-3880 OpenJDK UI logging information leakage(6664512)

530297 - CVE-2009-3879 OpenJDK GraphicsConfiguration information leak(6822057)

530300 - CVE-2009-3884 OpenJDK zoneinfo file existence information leak (6824265)

532904 - CVE-2009-3729 JRE TrueType font parsing crash (6815780)

532906 - CVE-2009-3872 JRE JPEG JFIF Decoder issue (6862969)

532914 - CVE-2009-3886 JRE REGRESSION:have problem to run JNLP app and applets with signed Jar files (6870531)

533211 - CVE-2009-3865 java-1.6.0-sun: ACE in JRE Deployment Toolkit (6869752)

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