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                        SUSE Security Announcement

        Package:                java-1_5_0-ibm
        Announcement ID:        SUSE-SA:2010:002
        Date:                   Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0000
        Affected Products:      SUSE SLES 9
                                Open Enterprise Server
                                Novell Linux POS 9
                                SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
                                SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP3
                                SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
                                SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3
        Vulnerability Type:     remote code execution
        CVSS v2 Base Score:     9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
        SUSE Default Package:   yes
        Cross-References:       CVE-2009-2493, CVE-2009-3867, CVE-2009-3868
                                CVE-2009-3869, CVE-2009-3871, CVE-2009-3872
                                CVE-2009-3873, CVE-2009-3874, CVE-2009-3875
                                CVE-2009-3876, CVE-2009-3877

    Content of This Advisory:
        1) Security Vulnerability Resolved:
             IBM Java 5 security update
           Problem Description
        2) Solution or Work-Around
        3) Special Instructions and Notes
        4) Package Location and Checksums
        5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
            See SUSE Security Summary Report.
        6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information

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1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion

   IBM Java 5 was updated to Service Refresh 11. It fixes lots of bugs
   and security issues.

   This included a timezone update to 1.6.9s (with the latest Fiji change).

   CVE-2009-3876 / CVE-2009-3877: A vulnerability in the Java Runtime
   Environment with decoding DER encoded data might allow a remote client
   to cause the JRE to crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.


   CVE-2009-3867: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Java Runtime
   Environment audio system might allow an untrusted applet or Java Web
   Start application to escalate privileges. For example, an untrusted
   applet might grant itself permissions to read and write local files,
   or run local applications that are accessible to the user running
   the untrusted applet.


   CVE-2009-3868: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Java Runtime
   Environment with parsing image files might allow an untrusted applet
   or Java Web Start application to escalate privileges. For example,
   an untrusted applet might grant itself permissions to read and write
   local files, or run local applications that are accessible to the
   user running the untrusted applet.


   CVE-2009-3872: An integer overflow vulnerability in the Java Runtime
   Environment with reading JPEG files might allow an untrusted applet
   or Java Web Start application to escalate privileges. For example,
   an untrusted applet might grant itself permissions to read and write
   local files, or run local applications that are accessible to the
   user running the untrusted applet.


   CVE-2009-3873: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Java Runtime
   Environment with processing JPEG files might allow an untrusted applet
   or Java Web Start application to escalate privileges. For example,
   an untrusted applet might grant itself permissions to read and write
   local files, or run local applications that are accessible to the
   user running the untrusted applet.


   CVE-2009-3875: A security vulnerability in the Java Runtime
   Environment with verifying HMAC digests might allow authentication to
   be bypassed. This action can allow a user to forge a digital signature
   that would be accepted as valid.  Applications that validate HMAC-based
   digital signatures might be vulnerable to this type of attack.


   CVE-2009-3869: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Java Runtime
   Environment with processing image files might allow an untrusted applet
   or Java Web Start application to escalate privileges. For example,
   an untrusted applet might grant itself permissions to read and write
   local files or run local applications that are accessible to the user
   running the untrusted applet.


   CVE-2009-3871: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Java Runtime
   Environment with processing image files might allow an untrusted applet
   or Java Web Start application to escalate privileges. For example,
   an untrusted applet might grant itself permissions to read and write
   local files or run local applications that are accessible to the user
   running the untrusted applet.


   CVE-2009-3874: An integer overflow vulnerability in the Java Runtime
   Environment with processing JPEG images might allow an untrusted applet
   or Java Web Start application to escalate privileges. For example,
   an untrusted applet might grant itself permissions to read and write
   local files or run local applications that are accessible to the user
   running the untrusted applet.


   CVE-2009-2493: The Java Runtime Environment includes the Java Web
   Start technology that uses the Java Web Start ActiveX control to
   launch Java Web Start in Internet Explorer. A security vulnerability
   in the Active Template Library (ATL) in various releases of Microsoft
   Visual Studio, which is used by the Java Web Start ActiveX control,
   might allow the Java Web Start ActiveX control to be leveraged to
   run arbitrary code. This might occur as the result of a user of the
   Java Runtime Environment viewing a specially crafted web page that
   exploits this vulnerability.


   Please also see http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/

2) Solution or Work-Around

   There is no known workaround, please install the update packages.

3) Special Instructions and Notes

   Please close and restart all running instances of IBM Java after the update.

4) Package Location and Checksums

   The preferred method for installing security updates is to use the YaST
   Online Update (YOU) tool. YOU detects which updates are required and
   automatically performs the necessary steps to verify and install them.
   Alternatively, download the update packages for your distribution manually
   and verify their integrity by the methods listed in Section 6 of this
   announcement. Then install the packages using the command

     rpm -Fhv 

   to apply the update, replacing  with the filename of the
   downloaded RPM package.

   Our maintenance customers are notified individually. The packages are
   offered for installation from the maintenance web:

   SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=af469401da197afd4006ef4ae0c61aaa

   SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP3
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=af469401da197afd4006ef4ae0c61aaa

   SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=1cb95aa32e0a2fbde417e5060b29d0ce

   SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=1cb95aa32e0a2fbde417e5060b29d0ce

   Open Enterprise Server
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=bef414c897666b4530c787e16bbc7146

   Novell Linux POS 9
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=bef414c897666b4530c787e16bbc7146

   SUSE SLES 9
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=bef414c897666b4530c787e16bbc7146

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5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:

   See SUSE Security Summary Report.
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6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information

  - Announcement authenticity verification:

    SUSE security announcements are published via mailing lists and on Web
    sites. The authenticity and integrity of a SUSE security announcement is
    guaranteed by a cryptographic signature in each announcement. All SUSE
    security announcements are published with a valid signature.

    To verify the signature of the announcement, save it as text into a file
    and run the command

      gpg --verify 

    replacing  with the name of the file where you saved the
    announcement. The output for a valid signature looks like:

      gpg: Signature made  using RSA key ID 3D25D3D9
      gpg: Good signature from "SuSE Security Team "

    where  is replaced by the date the document was signed.

    If the security team's key is not contained in your key ring, you can
    import it from the first installation CD. To import the key, use the
    command

      gpg --import gpg-pubkey-3d25d3d9-36e12d04.asc

  - Package authenticity verification:

    SUSE update packages are available on many mirror FTP servers all over the
    world. While this service is considered valuable and important to the free
    and open source software community, the authenticity and the integrity of
    a package needs to be verified to ensure that it has not been tampered
    with.

    The internal rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the
    authenticity of an RPM package. Use the command

     rpm -v --checksig 

    to verify the signature of the package, replacing  with the
    filename of the RPM package downloaded. The package is unmodified if it
    contains a valid signature from build@suse.de with the key ID 9C800ACA.

    This key is automatically imported into the RPM database (on
    RPMv4-based distributions) and the gpg key ring of 'root' during
    installation. You can also find it on the first installation CD and at
    the end of this announcement.

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    opensuse-security@opensuse.org
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