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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Security Update RHSA-2009:1505-01 DoS Issue

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Calendar Grey October 14, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The java-1.4.2-ibm update addresses two moderate-impact security vulnerabilities for users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Updated java-1.4.2-ibm packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras, and Red Hat Enterprise Lin...

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 1.4.2 SR13-FP1 Java release includes the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit.
This update fixes two vulnerabilities in the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit. These vulnerabilities are summarized on the IBM "Security alerts" page listed in the References section. (CVE-2008-5349, CVE-2009-2625)
All users of java-1.4.2-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain the IBM 1.4.2 SR13-FP1 Java release. All running instances of IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat security fix denial-of-service java-1.4.2-ibm

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5349 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2625 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-sdk/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras:
i386: java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.i386.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.i386.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.i386.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.i386.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.i386.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.i386.rpm
ia64: java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.ia64.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.ia64.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.ia64.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.ia64.rpm
ppc: java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.ppc.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.ppc.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.ppc.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.ppc.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.ppc.rpm
s390: java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.s390.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.s390.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.s390.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.s390.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.s390.rpm
s390x: java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.s390x.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.s390x.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.s390x.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3.s390x.rpm
x86_64:

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1505-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1505.html
Issue date: 2009-10-14

Topic

Updated java-1.4.2-ibm packages that fix two security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Extras, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat security fix denial-of-service java-1.4.2-ibm

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras - i386, ia64, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras - i386, ia64, x86_64

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

Bugs Fixed

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

512921 - CVE-2009-2625 OpenJDK XML parsing Denial-Of-Service (6845701)

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