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SUSE: 2012:1148-1 Critical: OpenJDK Issues and Security Fix

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Calendar Grey September 12, 2012
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SUSE unveils urgent security upgrade for OpenJDK addressing vulnerabilities. Users provided with prompt patch guidelines.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

The following security issues have been fixed: * S7162476, CVE-2012-1682: XMLDecoder security issue via ClassFinder * S7163201, CVE-2012-0547: Simplify toolkit internals references Security Issue references: * CVE-2012-1682 * CVE-2012-0547 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch sledsp2-java-1_6_0-openjdk-6772 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64): java-1_6_0-openjdk-1.6.0.0_b24.1.11.4-0.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical security fix OpenJDK SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop XMLDecoder issue toolkit internals

References

#777499

Cross- CVE-2012-0547 CVE-2012-1682

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0547.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1682.html

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login?sid=0

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login?sid=0

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1148-1
Rating: critical

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical security fix OpenJDK SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop XMLDecoder issue toolkit internals

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