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Red Hat: RHSA-2011:0282-01 Critical: Java Runtime Security Update

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Calendar Grey February 17, 2011
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The latest java-1.6.0-sun packages address severe security vulnerabilities for Red Hat systems. Users are strongly urged to implement these security updates without delay.
Updated java-1.6.0-sun packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 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

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. Further information about these flaws can be found on the "Oracle Java SE and Java for Business Critical Patch Update Advisory" page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2010-4422, CVE-2010-4447, CVE-2010-4448, CVE-2010-4450, CVE-2010-4451, CVE-2010-4452, CVE-2010-4454, CVE-2010-4462, CVE-2010-4463, CVE-2010-4465, CVE-2010-4466, CVE-2010-4467, CVE-2010-4468, CVE-2010-4469, CVE-2010-4470, CVE-2010-4471, CVE-2010-4472, CVE-2010-4473, CVE-2010-4475, CVE-2010-4476)
All users of java-1.6.0-sun are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues. All running instances of Sun Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4422 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4447 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4448 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4450 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4451 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4452 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4454 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4462 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4463 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4465 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4466 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4467 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4468 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4469 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4470 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4471 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4472 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4473 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4475 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4476 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/javacpufeb2011.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm
x86_64: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras:
i386: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.i586.rpm
x86_64: java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:0282-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0282.html
Issue date: 2011-02-17

Topic

Updated java-1.6.0-sun packages that fix several security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras, and Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 5 and 6 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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Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) - x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

674336 - CVE-2010-4476 JDK Double.parseDouble Denial-Of-Service

675942 - CVE-2010-4472 OpenJDK untrusted code allowed to replace DSIG/C14N implementation (6994263)

675958 - CVE-2010-4469 OpenJDK Hotspot verifier heap corruption (6878713)

675984 - CVE-2010-4465 OpenJDK Swing timer-based security manager bypass (6907662)

676005 - CVE-2010-4470 OpenJDK JAXP untrusted component state manipulation (6927050)

676019 - CVE-2010-4471 OpenJDK Java2D font-related system property leak (6985453)

676023 - CVE-2010-4448 OpenJDK DNS cache poisoning by untrusted applets (6981922)

676026 - CVE-2010-4450 OpenJDK Launcher incorrect processing of empty library path entries (6983554)

677957 - CVE-2010-4475 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Deployment component

677958 - CVE-2010-4473 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Sound component

677959 - CVE-2010-4468 JDK unspecified vulnerability in JDBC component

677960 - CVE-2010-4467 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Deployment component

677961 - CVE-2010-4466 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Deployment component

677963 - CVE-2010-4463 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Deployment component

677966 - CVE-2010-4462 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Sound component

677967 - CVE-2010-4454 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Sound component

677968 - CVE-2010-4452 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Deployment component

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