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SUSE: 2015:0304-1 Important: Java-1_7_1-ibm Security Update

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Calendar Grey February 17, 2015
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SUSE releases a Java update addressing two major security vulnerabilities; detailed guidelines and impacted products are provided.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

java-1_7_1-ibm was updated to fix two security issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2014-8892: Unspecified vulnerability (bnc#916265). - CVE-2014-8891: Unspecified vulnerability (bnc#916266). 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 Software Development Kit 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-80=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-80=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64): java-1_7_1-ibm-devel-1.7.1_sr2.10-8.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64): java-1_7_1-ibm-1.7.1_sr2.10-8.1

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References

#916265 #916266

Cross- CVE-2014-8891 CVE-2014-8892

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8891.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8892.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916265

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916266

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0304-1
Rating: important

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