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Red Hat 5: RHSA-2012:1222-01 Important: OpenJDK Security Update

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Calendar Grey September 3, 2012
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Essential upgrade for java-1.6.0-openjdk in Red Hat, resolving significant security vulnerabilities linked to CVE identifiers.
Updated java-1.6.0-openjdk packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Summary

These packages provide the OpenJDK 6 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 6 Software Development Kit.
It was discovered that the Beans component in OpenJDK did not perform permission checks properly. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to use classes from restricted packages, allowing it to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2012-1682)
A hardening fix was applied to the AWT component in OpenJDK, removing functionality from the restricted SunToolkit class that was used in combination with other flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2012-0547)
This erratum also upgrades the OpenJDK package to IcedTea6 1.10.9. Refer to the NEWS file, linked to in the References, for further information.
All users of java-1.6.0-openjdk are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues. All running instances of OpenJDK Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0547 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1682 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/alert-cve-2012-4681.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.i386.rpm
x86_64: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.i386.rpm java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.i386.rpm
x86_64: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:1222-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1222.html
Issue date: 2012-09-03

Topic

Updated java-1.6.0-openjdk packages that fix two security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) basescores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for eachvulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

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Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

Bugs Fixed

846709 - Kerberos auth failing to work in openjdk due to two upstream bugs

853097 - CVE-2012-1682 OpenJDK: beans ClassFinder insufficient permission checks (beans, 7162476)

853228 - CVE-2012-0547 OpenJDK: AWT hardening fixes (AWT, 7163201)

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