Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2008:0123 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2008-02-12
Updated:
2008-02-12

RHSA-2008:0123 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Critical: java-1.5.0-sun security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Topic

Updated java-1.5.0-sun packages that correct several security issues are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary.

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

Description

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) contains the software and tools that
users need to run applets and applications written using the Java
programming language.

These updated java-1.5.0-sun packages resolve the following security issues:

Two vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment allowed an untrusted
application or applet to elevate the assigned privileges. This could be
misused by a malicious website to read and write local files or execute
local applications in the context of the user running the Java process.
(CVE-2008-0657)

Users of java-1.5.0-sun should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues.

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/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4ES x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4ES i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4AS x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4AS i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 431861 - CVE-2008-0657 java-1.5.0 Privilege escalation via unstrusted applet and application

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.