Scientific Linux Security Update: SLSA-2013:0751-1 for Java Memory Issues

Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:52:07 +0000
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Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Pat Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Critical: java-1.7.0-openjdk on SL6.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis: Critical: java-1.7.0-openjdk security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2013:0751-1
Issue Date: 2013-04-17
CVE Numbers: CVE-2013-0401
 CVE-2013-1488
 CVE-2013-1537
 CVE-2013-2415
 CVE-2013-2423
 CVE-2013-2424
 CVE-2013-2429
 CVE-2013-2430
 CVE-2013-2436
 CVE-2013-2420
 CVE-2013-1558
 CVE-2013-2422
 CVE-2013-2431
 CVE-2013-1518
 CVE-2013-1557
 CVE-2013-2421
 CVE-2013-2426
 CVE-2013-2419
 CVE-2013-2417
 CVE-2013-2383
 CVE-2013-2384
 CVE-2013-1569
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Multiple flaws were discovered in the font layout engine in the 2D
component. An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use
these flaws to trigger Java Virtual Machine memory corruption.
(CVE-2013-1569, CVE-2013-2383, CVE-2013-2384)

Multiple improper permission check issues were discovered in the Beans,
Libraries, JAXP, and RMI components in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java
application or applet could use these flaws to bypass Java sandbox
restrictions. (CVE-2013-1558, CVE-2013-2422, CVE-2013-2436, CVE-2013-1518,
CVE-2013-1557)

The previous default value of the java.rmi.server.useCodebaseOnly property
permitted the RMI implementation to automatically load classes from
remotely specified locations. An attacker able to connect to an
application using RMI could use this flaw to make the application execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-1537)

Note: The fix for CVE-2013-1537 changes the default value of the property
to true, restricting class loading to the local CLASSPATH and locations
specified in the java.rmi.server.codebase property.

The 2D component did not properly process certain images. An untrusted
Java application or applet could possibly use this flaw to trigger Java
Virtual Machine memory corruption. (CVE-2013-2420)

It was discovered that the Hotspot component did not properly handle
certain intrinsic frames, and did not correctly perform access checks and
MethodHandle lookups. An untrusted Java application or applet could use
these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2013-2431,
CVE-2013-2421, CVE-2013-2423)

It was discovered that JPEGImageReader and JPEGImageWriter in the ImageIO
component did not protect against modification of their state while
performing certain native code operations. An untrusted Java application
or applet could possibly use these flaws to trigger Java Virtual Machine
memory corruption. (CVE-2013-2429, CVE-2013-2430)

The JDBC driver manager could incorrectly call the toString() method in
JDBC drivers, and the ConcurrentHashMap class could incorrectly call the
defaultReadObject() method. An untrusted Java application or applet could
possibly use these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.
(CVE-2013-1488, CVE-2013-2426)

The sun.awt.datatransfer.ClassLoaderObjectInputStream class may
incorrectly invoke the system class loader. An untrusted Java application
or applet could possibly use this flaw to bypass certain Java sandbox
restrictions. (CVE-2013-0401)

Flaws were discovered in the Network component's InetAddress
serialization, and the 2D component's font handling. An untrusted Java
application or applet could possibly use these flaws to crash the Java
Virtual Machine. (CVE-2013-2417, CVE-2013-2419)

The MBeanInstantiator class implementation in the OpenJDK JMX component
did not properly check class access before creating new instances. An
untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to create
instances of non-public classes. (CVE-2013-2424)

It was discovered that JAX-WS could possibly create temporary files with
insecure permissions. A local attacker could use this flaw to access
temporary files created by an application using JAX-WS. (CVE-2013-2415)

Note: If the web browser plug-in provided by the icedtea-web package was
installed, the issues exposed via Java applets could have been exploited
without user interaction if a user visited a malicious website.

This erratum also upgrades the OpenJDK package to IcedTea7 2.3.9.

All running instances of OpenJDK Java must be restarted for the update to
take effect.
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SL6
 x86_64
 java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
 java-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
 java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
 java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
 java-1.7.0-openjdk-src-1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4.i686.rpm
 java-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4.i686.rpm
 java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4.i686.rpm
 java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4.i686.rpm
 java-1.7.0-openjdk-src-1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4.i686.rpm
 noarch
 java-1.7.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team