Critical Security Update for Java-1.6.0-OpenJDK in Scientific Linux

Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 16:12:09 -0600
Reply-To: Pat Riehecky 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Pat Riehecky 
Organization: Fermilab
Subject: Security ERRATA Critical: java-1.6.0-openjdk on SL6.x i386/x86_64
MIME-Version: 1.0

Synopsis: Critical: java-1.6.0-openjdk security update
Issue Date: 2013-02-08
CVE Numbers: CVE-2013-0440
 CVE-2013-1475
 CVE-2013-0424
 CVE-2013-0435
 CVE-2013-1478
 CVE-2013-0442
 CVE-2013-0445
 CVE-2013-1480
 CVE-2013-0450
 CVE-2013-0428
 CVE-2013-0432
 CVE-2013-0443
 CVE-2013-0425
 CVE-2013-0426
 CVE-2013-0434
 CVE-2013-0427
 CVE-2013-0433
 CVE-2013-1476
 CVE-2013-0441
 CVE-2013-0429
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Multiple improper permission check issues were discovered in the AWT, CORBA,
JMX, and Libraries components in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or
applet could use these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.
(CVE-2013-0442, CVE-2013-0445, CVE-2013-0441, CVE-2013-1475, CVE-2013-1476,
CVE-2013-0429, CVE-2013-0450, CVE-2013-0425, CVE-2013-0426, CVE-2013-0428)

Multiple flaws were found in the way image parsers in the 2D and AWT
components handled image raster parameters. A specially-crafted image could cause Java
Virtual Machine memory corruption and, possibly, lead to arbitrary code
execution with the virtual machine privileges. (CVE-2013-1478, CVE-2013-1480)

A flaw was found in the AWT component's clipboard handling code. An
untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to access clipboard data,
bypassing Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2013-0432)

The default Java security properties configuration did not restrict
access to certain com.sun.xml.internal packages. An untrusted Java application or
applet could use this flaw to access information, bypassing certain Java sandbox
restrictions. This update lists the whole package as restricted. (CVE-2013-0435)

Multiple improper permission check issues were discovered in the Libraries,
Networking, and JAXP components. An untrusted Java application or applet could
use these flaws to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2013-0427,
CVE-2013-0433, CVE-2013-0434)

It was discovered that the RMI component's CGIHandler class used user
inputs in error messages without any sanitization. An attacker could use this flaw to
perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2013-0424)

It was discovered that the SSL/TLS implementation in the JSSE component
did not properly enforce handshake message ordering, allowing an unlimited number of
handshake restarts. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make an SSL/TLS
server using JSSE consume an excessive amount of CPU by continuously
restarting the handshake. (CVE-2013-0440)

It was discovered that the JSSE component did not properly validate Diffie-
Hellman public keys. An SSL/TLS client could possibly use this flaw to
perform a small subgroup attack. (CVE-2013-0443)

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 IcedTea6 1.11.6.

All running instances of OpenJDK Java must be restarted for the update
to take effect.
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SL6
 x86_64
 java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.54.1.11.6.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
 java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.6.0.0-1.54.1.11.6.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
 java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-1.54.1.11.6.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
 java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.54.1.11.6.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
 java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-1.54.1.11.6.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
 java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-1.54.1.11.6.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.54.1.11.6.el6_3.i686.rpm
 java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.6.0.0-1.54.1.11.6.el6_3.i686.rpm
 java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-1.54.1.11.6.el6_3.i686.rpm
 java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.54.1.11.6.el6_3.i686.rpm
 java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-1.54.1.11.6.el6_3.i686.rpm
 java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-1.54.1.11.6.el6_3.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team