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1.65.2. RHSA-2011:0357: Critical java-1.6.0-ibm security update
Updated java-1.6.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
The IBM 1.6.0 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-2010-4422, CVE-2010-4447, CVE-2010-4448, CVE-2010-4452, CVE-2010-4454, CVE-2010-4462, CVE-2010-4463, CVE-2010-4465, CVE-2010-4466, CVE-2010-4467, CVE-2010-4468, CVE-2010-4471, CVE-2010-4473, CVE-2010-4475)
Note: The RHSA-2010:0987 and RHSA-2011:0290 java-1.6.0-ibm errata were missing 64-bit PowerPC packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras. This erratum provides 64-bit PowerPC packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras as expected.
All users of java-1.6.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM 1.6.0 SR9-FP1 Java release. All running instances of IBM Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.
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