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Red Hat 5 RHSA-2010:0935-01 Moderate: IBM Java Security Update

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Calendar Grey December 1, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Ubuntu has released a notice regarding a significant python upgrade that resolves three vulnerabilities in their server OS editions.
Updated java-1.4.2-ibm packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 1.4.2 SR13-FP7 Java release includes the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit.
This update fixes two 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-2010-1321, CVE-2010-3574)
All users of java-1.4.2-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain the IBM 1.4.2 SR13-FP7 Java release. All running instances of IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue software update DoS Red Hat Enterprise Linux Java update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1321 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3574 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-sdk/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386: java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.i386.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.i386.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.i386.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.i386.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.i386.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.i386.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.ia64.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.ia64.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.ia64.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.ppc64.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.ppc64.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.ppc64.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.ppc64.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.ppc.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.ppc64.rpm
s390: java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.s390.rpm java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.7-1jpp.3.el4.s390.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0935-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0935.html
Issue date: 2010-12-01

Topic

Updated java-1.4.2-ibm packages that fix two security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 5 Supplementary.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue software update DoS Red Hat Enterprise Linux Java update

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

582466 - CVE-2010-1321 krb5: null pointer dereference in GSS-API library leads to DoS (MITKRB5-SA-2010-005)

642215 - CVE-2010-3574 OpenJDK HttpURLConnection incomplete TRACE permission check (6981426)

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