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Security Advisory Low: java-1.5.0-ibm security update

Advisory: RHSA-2009:0466-2
Type: Security Advisory
Severity: Low
Issued on: 2009-05-07
Last updated on: 2009-05-07
Affected Products: Red Hat Network Satellite (v. 5.2 for RHEL 4)
Red Hat Network Satellite (v. 5.2 for RHEL 5)
CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CVE-2008-3103
CVE-2008-5345
CVE-2008-5346
CVE-2008-5348
CVE-2008-5349
CVE-2008-5350
CVE-2008-5351
CVE-2008-5352
CVE-2008-5353
CVE-2008-5354
CVE-2008-5356
CVE-2008-5357
CVE-2008-5359
CVE-2008-5360

Details

Updated java-1.5.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Network Satellite Server.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat
Security Response Team.

This update corrects several security vulnerabilities in the IBM Java 2
Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit, shipped as
part of Red Hat Network Satellite Server. In a typical operating
environment, these are of low security risk as the runtime is not used on
untrusted applets.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the IBM Java 2 Runtime
Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit. These
vulnerabilities are summarized on the IBM "Security alerts" page listed in
the References section. (CVE-2008-3103, CVE-2008-5345, CVE-2008-5346,
CVE-2008-5348, CVE-2008-5349, CVE-2008-5350, CVE-2008-5351, CVE-2008-5352,
CVE-2008-5353, CVE-2008-5354, CVE-2008-5356, CVE-2008-5357, CVE-2008-5359,
CVE-2008-5360)

All users of java-1.5.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, containing the IBM 1.5.0 SR9 Java release. All running instances
of IBM Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.


Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Network Satellite (v. 5.2 for RHEL 4)

IA-32:
java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm     MD5: 331bf22c5fd51b669deb9f3367784ce0
java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm     MD5: 92f1caa2a3eccbdf207bcdffbe3f6a54
 
s390:
java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.s390.rpm     MD5: 3b67740929118ee294b6e8347b48cc41
java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.s390.rpm     MD5: f4e8c6d198c2d1fb1942680e1bd1a0c7
 
s390x:
java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.s390x.rpm     MD5: deb68a8201387e9ff47b63822c73e919
java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.s390x.rpm     MD5: 573e64bad53a6f6986463048de93d94f
 
x86_64:
java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm     MD5: 5363000468db08ce9aabe6e67d7e2d0b
java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm     MD5: 34b5fcd439982b389c29bd0e6fe05b5a
 
Red Hat Network Satellite (v. 5.2 for RHEL 5)

IA-32:
java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm     MD5: 18fae0d5ca58e02f12cc9c7616ebfdbb
java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5.i386.rpm     MD5: c4c294939e8a9be28bf88e5af531e211
 
s390x:
java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5.s390x.rpm     MD5: e62eeba568f2f0d475977620d5e97e64
java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5.s390x.rpm     MD5: faeee6ddd01e5fae60c82520c017c94d
 
x86_64:
java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64.rpm     MD5: da8783e3756bd59d180243f4f187f970
java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64.rpm     MD5: 46e55ac8b377b3b8ff373c779238e6ef
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

452659 - CVE-2008-3103 OpenJDK JMX allows illegal operations with local monitoring (6332953)
472201 - CVE-2008-5350 OpenJDK allows to list files within the user home directory (6484091)
472206 - CVE-2008-5349 OpenJDK RSA public key length denial-of-service (6497740)
472209 - CVE-2008-5348 OpenJDK Denial-Of-Service in kerberos authentication (6588160)
472211 - CVE-2008-5360 OpenJDK temporary files have guessable file names (6721753)
472212 - CVE-2008-5359 OpenJDK Buffer overflow in image processing (6726779)
472213 - CVE-2008-5351 OpenJDK UTF-8 decoder accepts non-shortest form sequences (4486841)
472218 - CVE-2008-5356 OpenJDK Font processing vulnerability (6733336)
472224 - CVE-2008-5353 OpenJDK calendar object deserialization allows privilege escalation (6734167)
472228 - CVE-2008-5354 OpenJDK Privilege escalation in command line applications (6733959)
472231 - CVE-2008-5357 OpenJDK Truetype Font processing vulnerability (6751322)
472233 - CVE-2008-5352 OpenJDK Jar200 Decompression buffer overflow (6755943)
474793 - CVE-2008-5345 JRE allows unauthorized file access and connections to localhost
474794 - CVE-2008-5346 JRE allows unauthorized memory read access via a crafted ZIP file


References



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