Critical Security Update for java-1.6.0-sun in Scientific Linux SL5

Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 11:34:05 -0600
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Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Pat Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Critical: java-1.6.0-sun on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis: Critical: java-1.6.0-sun security update
Issue Date: 2011-10-19
CVE Numbers: CVE-2011-3389
 CVE-2011-3560
 CVE-2011-3547
 CVE-2011-3551
 CVE-2011-3552
 CVE-2011-3544
 CVE-2011-3521
 CVE-2011-3554
 CVE-2011-3556
 CVE-2011-3557
 CVE-2011-3548
 CVE-2011-3553
 CVE-2011-3558
 CVE-2011-3545
 CVE-2011-3549
 CVE-2011-3550
 CVE-2011-3516
 CVE-2011-3546
 CVE-2011-3555
 CVE-2011-3561

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 Critical
Patch page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2011-3389,
CVE-2011-3516, CVE-2011-3521, CVE-2011-3544, CVE-2011-3545, CVE-2011-3546,
CVE-2011-3547, CVE-2011-3548, CVE-2011-3549, CVE-2011-3550, CVE-2011-3551,
CVE-2011-3552, CVE-2011-3553, CVE-2011-3554, CVE-2011-3555, CVE-2011-3556,
CVE-2011-3557, CVE-2011-3558, CVE-2011-3560, CVE-2011-3561)

All users of java-1.6.0-sun are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which provide JDK and JRE 6 Update 29 and resolve these issues.
All running instances of Sun Java must be restarted for the update to take
effect.

SL5:
 i386
 java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.29-3.sl5.jpp.i586.rpm
 jdk-1.6.0_29-fcs.i586.rpm

 x86_64
 java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.29-3.sl5.jpp.i586.rpm
 java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.29-3.sl5.jpp.x86_64.rpm
 jdk-1.6.0_29-fcs.i586.rpm
 jdk-1.6.0_29-fcs.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team