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Red Hat: 2010:0489-01 Critical: Java-1.5.0-IBM Security Update

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Calendar Grey June 17, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Critical: java-1.5.0-ibm security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:
Updated java-1.5.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

The IBM 1.5.0 Java release includes the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit.
This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit. Detailed vulnerability descriptions are linked from the IBM "Security alerts" page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2010-0840, CVE-2010-0841, CVE-2010-0842, CVE-2010-0843, CVE-2010-0844, CVE-2010-0846, CVE-2010-0847, CVE-2010-0848, CVE-2010-0849)
All users of java-1.5.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM 1.5.0 SR11-FP2 Java release. All running instances of IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0840 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0841 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0842 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0843 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0844 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0846 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0847 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0848 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0849 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-sdk/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386: java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.i386.rpm
ppc: java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.ppc64.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.ppc64.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.ppc64.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.ppc64.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.ppc64.rpm
s390: java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.s390.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.s390.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.s390.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.s390.rpm java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4.s390.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0489-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0489.html
Issue date: 2010-06-17

Topic

Updated java-1.5.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

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Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server) - i386, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras - i386, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

575846 - CVE-2010-0840 OpenJDK Applet Trusted Methods Chaining Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (6904691)

575854 - CVE-2010-0841 OpenJDK JPEGImageReader stepX Integer Overflow Vulnerability (6909597)

575865 - CVE-2010-0848 OpenJDK AWT Library Invalid Index Vulnerability (6914823)

575871 - CVE-2010-0847 OpenJDK ImagingLib arbitrary code execution vulnerability (6914866)

578430 - CVE-2010-0846 JDK unspecified vulnerability in ImageIO component

578432 - CVE-2010-0849 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Java2D component

578436 - CVE-2010-0839 CVE-2010-0842 CVE-2010-0843 CVE-2010-0844 JDK multiple unspecified vulnerabilities

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