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Red Hat: RHSA-2009-0369-01 Critical: IBM Java Security Fix

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Calendar Grey March 25, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important security patch for java-1.6.0-ibm tackles major flaws affecting Red Hat platforms.
Updated java-1.6.0-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 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® 1.6.0 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 vulnerabilities are summarized on the IBM "Security alerts" page listed in the References section. (CVE-2008-5340, CVE-2008-5341, CVE-2008-5342, CVE-2008-5343, CVE-2008-5351, CVE-2008-5356, CVE-2008-5357, CVE-2008-5358)
All users of java-1.6.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM 1.6.0 SR4 Java release. All running instances of IBM Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat critical software patch IBM Java Java fixes

References

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-2008-5351 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-2008-5358 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-1.6.0-ibm-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-demo-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-devel-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-src-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm
ppc: java-1.6.0-ibm-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-demo-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-devel-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-src-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: java-1.6.0-ibm-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.s390.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-demo-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.s390.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-devel-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.s390.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.s390.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-src-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: java-1.6.0-ibm-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.s390x.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-demo-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.s390x.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-devel-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.s390x.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.s390x.rpm java-1.6.0-ibm-src-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: java-1.6.0-ibm-1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0369-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0369.html
Issue date: 2009-03-25

Topic

Updated java-1.6.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 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 update Red Hat critical software patch IBM Java Java fixes

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

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

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

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

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

472234 - CVE-2008-5358 OpenJDK Buffer Overflow in GIF image processing (6766136)

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

474790 - CVE-2008-5343 Java WebStart allows hidden code privilege escalation

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